Amphictyonic
//æmˌfɪktiˈɒnɪk// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council. not-comparable
"an Amphictyonic town or state"
Example
More examples"Sparta was deprived of her share in the Amphictyonic privileges; the two votes in the council possessed by the Phocians were transferred to the kings of Macedonia; and Philip was to share with the Thebans and Thessalians the honour of presiding at the Pythian games (B.C. 346)."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμφικτυονικός (Amphiktuonikós). By surface analysis, amphictyon + -ic.
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