‖n. pl. [ L. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ There were three kinds of comitia: comitia curiata, or assembly of the patricians, who voted in curiæ; comitia centuriata, or assembly of the whole Roman people, who voted by centuries; and comitia tributa, or assembly of the plebeians according to their division into tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. comitialis. ] Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]