Amphictyon
noun
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Noun
- 1 One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Amphictyones, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμφικτύονες (Amphiktúones), both of which are only attested in the plural. Probably the word originally meant "dwellers around, neighbours".
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