amphictyonies

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amphictyonies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Amphictyony \Am*phic"ty*o*ny\, n.; pl. Amphictyonies. [Gr. ?.]
     (Grecian Hist.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]