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- Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἀμφικτυονία
- English todayamphictyony
From Ancient Greek ἀμφικτυονία (amphiktuonía), from ἀμφί (amphí, “around, near”) + κτίζω (ktízō, “I found, people”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
amphictyony
Today it means: A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀμφικτυονία