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am⋅phic⋅ty⋅o⋅ny

[am-fik-tee-uh-nee]

–noun, plural -nies.

(in ancient Greece) any of the leagues of states, esp. the league at Delphi, united for mutual protection and the worship of a common deity.

Origin:
1825–35; < Gk Amphiktyonía. See amphictyon, -y ³

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am·phic·ty·o·ny (ām-fĭk'tē-ə-nē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. am·phic·ty·o·nies
A league of neighboring ancient Greek states sharing a common religious center or shrine, especially the one at Delphi.

[Greek Amphiktuonia, from amphiktuones, variant of amphiktiones, neighbors : amphi-, on the periphery; see amphi- + ktizein, to settle; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]

am·phic'ty·on'ic (-ŏn'ĭk) adj.

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amphictyony
noun
an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center

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Amphictyony

Am*phic"ty*o*ny\, n.; pl. Amphictyonies. [Gr. ?.] (Grecian Hist.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.

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