gerusian.
/ɡɛˈruːzɪə/ An assembly of elders, spec. the senate in Sparta and other Dorian cities.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in ancient world > in ancient Dorian city states
gerusia1835
1835 tr. Wellhausen's Proleg. Hist. Israel 514 At the side of the high priest stood the gerusia of the town of Jerusalem.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xi. 41 The old Athenian council came nearer in numbers to the Spartan gerusia.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxxi. 549 Aristotle assimilates..the Gerusia of Carthage..to that of Sparta.
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