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| Adjective | 1. Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Amphictyonic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
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Etymology:Amphictyonic \Am*phic`ty*on"ic\, adjective. [from Greek]. (references) |
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| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Pertaining to the august council of Amphictyons. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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| Amphictyonic League | The Amphictyonic League (Amphictyony) was a form of Greek Hellenic religious organization that was formed to support specific temple or sacred place. Members met at stated times in the same sanctuary to keep religious festivals and conduct other matters as well. The most famous was the Delphic or Great Amphictyonic League that was formed to support greater temples of Apollo and Demeter. League council had religious authority and power to declare punishment against offenders. Punishment could range from fines to expulsion to sacred war. (references) | ||
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| Amphictyonic Council | Literature | A council of confederate Greeks from twelve of their tribes, each of which had two deputies. The council met twice a year - in the spring at Delphi, and in the autumn at Thermopylae. According to fable, it was so called from Amphictyon, son of Deucalion, its supposed founder. (Greek, amphiction&ebreve;s, dwellers round about.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Synonyms within Context: amphictyonic | ||
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Council |
Amphictyonic council, board of control, board of works, caput, chamber of deputies, chapter, classis, consistory, cortes, county council, court of appeal, directory, divan, duma, house of representatives, junta, legislative assembly, legislative council, local board, musnud, parliament, reichsrath, rigsdag, riksdag, sanhedrim, senate, senatus, storthing, syndicate, tribunal, vestry, volksraad, witan, witenagemote. | |
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