Word from the Latin for "soldiery" (7)

I believe the answer is:

militia

(Other definitions for militia that I've seen before include "Body of civilian soldiers" , "Civilian soldiery" , "Territorial force" , "Fighting force raised from the civil population" , "Band of civilian soldiers" .)

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