Amphictyony is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for AMPHICTYONY in dictionary:

NOUN [PLURAL AM·PHIC·TY·O·NIES.]:
• (in ancient Greece) any of the leagues of states, especially the league at Delphi, united for mutual protection and the worship of a common deity.
NOUN:
• a group of states sharing common shrine (e.g. the Greek states sharing Delphi)
• a group of states sharing common shrine (eg the Greek states sharing Delphi)
• 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.
• an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an association of neighboring states in ancient Greece to defend a common religious center; broadly; an association of neighboring states for their common interest

Words related to AMPHICTYONY

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How to use AMPHICTYONY in a sentence

• Here was the peninsula Methana, and half hiding it, the island Calauria, where Demosthenes put an end to his life, once the seat of a famous Amphictyony.
• Thus there was an Amphictyony of seven cities at the holy island of Caluria, close to the harbor of Troezen.
• This later class of festivals agreed with the Amphictyony in being of a special and exclusive character, not open to all Greeks.

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