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ephorate

[ef-awr, ef-er] Origin

eph·or

[ef-awr, ef-er]
noun, plural -ors, -or·i [-uh-rahy] .
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin ephorus < Greek éphoros overseer, guardian, ruler (Compare ephorân to look over, equivalent to ep- ep- + horân to see, look)

eph·or·al, adjective
eph·or·ate [ef-uh-reyt, -er-it] , eph·or·al·ty [ef-er-uhl-tee] , noun
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ephor (ˈɛfɔː)
 
n , pl -ors, -ori
(in ancient Greece) one of a board of senior magistrates in any of several Dorian states, esp the five Spartan ephors, who were elected by vote of all full citizens and who wielded effective power
 
[C16: from Greek ephoros, from ephoran to supervise, from epi- + horan to look]
 
'ephoral
 
adj
 
'ephorate
 
n

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ephor
1580s, "Spartan magistrate," from Gk. ephoros "overseer," from epi- "over" + horan "to see" (cognate with O.E. wær "aware").
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