Amphictyons

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amphictyons \Am*phic"ty*ons\, n. pl. [L. Amphictyones, Gr. ?.
     Prob. the word was orig. ? dwellers around, neighbors.]
     (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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