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Webster 1913 Edition


Prytaneum

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Prytˊa-ne′um

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] prytanis.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.