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amphictyons, n. pl. Gr. Hist.|æmˈfɪktɪənz|
[ad. Gr. ἀµϕικτύονες, ‘orig. ἀµϕικτίονες, they that dwelt round or near, next neighbours’ (Liddell and Scott).]
Deputies from the different states of ancient Greece composing an assembly or council.
1586T. B. La Primaudaye's Fr. Acad. 629 The sacred councell of the Amphictions. 1602L. Lloyd Confer. Lawes 43 They might appeale from the Areopagites in Athens..to the Amphictions at Trozæna. 1869Rawlinson Anc. Hist. 192 Sentence of the Amphictyons against Phocis, b.c. 357. |