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amphictyony
[ am-fik-tee-uh-nee ]
noun
, plural am·phic·ty·o·nies.
- (in ancient Greece) any of the leagues of states, especially the league at Delphi, united for mutual protection and the worship of a common deity.
amphictyony
/ æmˌfɪktɪˈɒnɪk; æmˈfɪktɪənɪ /
noun
- (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
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Derived Forms
- amphictyonic, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of amphictyony1
From the Greek word Amphiktyonía, dating back to 1825–35. See amphictyon, -y 3
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Example Sentences
Sometimes this tendency to religious fraternity took a form called an Amphictyony, different from the common festival.
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Thus there was an Amphictyony of seven cities at the holy island of Caluria, close to the harbor of Troezen.
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This later class of festivals agreed with the Amphictyony in being of a special and exclusive character, not open to all Greeks.
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It did not even prevent members of the Amphictyony fighting one another.
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The Panionium, the centre of a religious amphictyony, became for the moment the centre of a political league.
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