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amphictyon

noun
am·​phic·​ty·​on | \ amˈfiktÄ“É™n, -ēˌän\
plural -s

Definition of amphictyon

: a deputy to an amphictyonic council

First Known Use of amphictyon

circa 1691, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for amphictyon

back-formation from Amphictyons, plural, from Latin Amphictyones, from Greek Amphiktyones, Amphiktiones, literally, neighbors, from amphi- + -ktyones, -ktiones (from ktizein to found); akin to Sanskrit ká¹£eti he dwells, ká¹£iti abode, Avestan shitish dwelling, Armenian Å¡en inhabited, cultivated

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