choregy

Moreover, the _liturgies_ of the state, as they were called -- unpaid functions such as the trierarchy, choregy, gymnasiarchy, etc., which entailed expense and trouble on the holder of them -- were distributed in some way or other between the members of the three classes, though we do not know how the distribution was made in these early times.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885