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Webster 1913 Edition


Amphictyony

Am-phic′ty-o-ny

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Noun.
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pl.
Amphictyonies
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[Gr. [GREEK].]
(Grecian Hist.)
A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.