Etymology

synclite

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Today it means: A specially summoned council or assembly of elders in classical Greece. Full definition →

Medieval Greek σῠ́γκλητος
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  1. Medieval Greek · borrowed fromσῠ́γκλητος
  2. English todaysynclite

Borrowed from Medieval Greek σῠ́γκλητος (sŭ́nklētos). By surface analysis, syn- (“with, together”) + Medieval Greek κλητός (klētós, “called”).

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