Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, a council of old men; a senate: especially applied to the senate of Sparta, which was composed of 28 members, to which the two kings were added. Its functions were similar to those of the Athenian boule. See
boule .
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Examples
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The reference, too, to the Sanhedrin is doubtful; the term gerousia is used of the "ancients" in Lev., ix, 3, etc.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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It was ruled by a council called gerousia, composed of elders, presbyteroi, at the head of which was the archon.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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On the northern side these rocks are broken by hundreds of tombs, some of which bear inscriptions mentioning the people and the "gerousia" or municipal council.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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It established a republic with two houses (a gerousia and a vouli), with the government dependent on the majority of the lower house.
1927 2001
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It has indeed been suggested that with the so-called Rhetra of Lycurgus (Plutarch, Lycurgus 6), which somehow defined the powers of the gerousia (the council of 28 life members to whom the two kings were added), the rule that council should take the responsibility and the initiative for presenting measures to the assembly was introduced into Greek political life for the first time.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas ARNALDO MOMIGLIANO 1968
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The town was governed by strategi or archons, and in A.D. 99 a gerousia or council was established.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Satisfied with the garrisoning of Sardinia and concerned by the drain on finances caused by the maintenance of two armies and a sizable fleet the gerousia disbanded Hannibal Gisgo's new army.
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The Carthaginian elections in the gerousia unexpectedly turned the power over to the Barcids.
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_seigneurs_ or seniors, _gerousia_, the senate of Sparta, the presbytery of the Church, and the like, all signify simply old men.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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(gerousia) and Judas (Machabeus) to Aristobulus, the preceptor or counsellor of Ptolemy (D.V. Ptolemee) (Philometor), and to the Jews in Egypt.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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