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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Grecian Hist.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
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Examples
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Europe will have her amphictyons; the globe will have its amphictyons.
Les Miserables 2008
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The amphictyons had two sittings a year, one at Delphos the seat of the gods, the other at
Les Miserables 2008
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In Thessaly it was not safe to speak for Philip until the Thessalians had been gained by the expulsion of the tyrants and the recovery of their rank of amphictyons; nor could it have been safely attempted at Thebes before he had restored Botia and extirpated the Phocians.
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Europe will have her amphictyons; the globe will have its amphictyons.
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The amphictyons had two sittings a year, one at Delphos the seat of the gods, the other at Thermopylae, the place of heroes.
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Europe will have her amphictyons; the globe will have its amphictyons.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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The amphictyons had two sittings a year, one at Delphos the seat of the gods, the other at Thermopylae, the place of heroes.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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