Prytanes

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

  Prytanis \Pryt"a*nis\, n.; pl. {Prytanes}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Gr.
     Antiq.)
     A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian
     senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which
     belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of
     the year.


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