Perioecians

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

  Perioeci \Per`i*[oe]"ci\, Perioecians \Per`i*[oe]"cians\, n. pl.
     [NL. perioeci, fr. Gr. ?; peri` around + ? house, dwelling.]
     Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on
     opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it
     is midnight in the other. Compare {Ant[oe]ci}.
     [1913 Webster]