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Meaning of "amphictyony" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMPHICTYONY

amphictyony  [æmˈfɪktɪənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMPHICTYONY

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Amphictyony is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMPHICTYONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amphictyonic League

In the Archaic period of Greek history, an amphictyony, a "league of neighbors", or Amphictyonic League was an ancient religious association of Greek tribes formed in the dim past, before the rise of the Greek polis. The six Dorian cities of coastal southwest Asia Minor, or the twelve Ionian cities to the north, a dodecapolis forming an Ionian League emerging in the aftermath of a dimly-remembered "Meliac war" in the mid-7th century BC, were already of considerable antiquity when the first written records emerge. Thucydides made recollection of the Lelantine War, apparently fought in Euboea sometime between the late 8th century BC and the first half of the 7th century BC: "The war between Chalcis and Eretria was the one in which most cities belonging to the rest of Greece were divided up into alliances with one side or the other." Historians have puzzled over the broader meanings of "alliance" in such early times.

Definition of amphictyony in the English dictionary

The definition of amphictyony in the dictionary is a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMPHICTYONY


Albany
ˈɔːlbənɪ
Alcyone
ælˈsaɪənɪ
Anthony
ˈæntənɪ
balcony
ˈbælkənɪ
briony
ˈbraɪənɪ
Brittany
ˈbrɪtənɪ
bryony
ˈbraɪənɪ
ceremony
ˈsɛrɪmənɪ
colony
ˈkɒlənɪ
company
ˈkʌmpənɪ
ebony
ˈɛbənɪ
Germany
ˈdʒɜːmənɪ
Halcyone
hælˈsaɪənɪ
harmony
ˈhɑːmənɪ
Hermione
hɜːˈmaɪənɪ
Hesione
hɪˈsaɪənɪ
polyembryony
ˌpɒlɪˈɛmbrɪənɪ
symphony
ˈsɪmfənɪ
testimony
ˈtɛstɪmənɪ
tiffany
ˈtɪfənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMPHICTYONY

amphibolous
amphiboly
amphibrach
amphibrachic
amphichroic
amphichromatic
amphicoelous
amphictyon
amphictyonic
amphictyonies
amphidentate
amphidiploid
amphidiploidy
amphigastrium
amphigoric
amphigories
amphigory
amphigouri
amphimacer
amphimictic

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMPHICTYONY

agony
Antony
awards ceremony
black bryony
bony
felony
irony
matrimony
mony
ony
opening ceremony
peony
phony
pony
red bryony
saxony
stony
telephony
tony
white bryony

Synonyms and antonyms of amphictyony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amphictyony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMPHICTYONY

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Translator English - Chinese

amphictyony
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anfictionía
570 millions of speakers

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amphictyony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

amphictyony
380 millions of speakers
ar

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amphictyony
280 millions of speakers

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amphictyony
278 millions of speakers

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anfictionia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

amphictyony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amphictyonie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amfictyony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Amphiktyonie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

amphictyony
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

amphictyony
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amphictyony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

amphictyony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

amphictyony
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अम्फाक्सीयोनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amphictyony
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amphictyony
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

amphictyony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

amphictyony
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amphictyony
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμφικτιονία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amphictyony
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Amphictyony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amphictyony
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amphictyony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHICTYONY»

The term «amphictyony» is used very little and occupies the 188.833 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHICTYONY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amphictyony

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPHICTYONY»

Discover the use of amphictyony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amphictyony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mercer Dictionary of the Bible
AMPHICTYONY/CONFEDERACY ANANIAS ANDREW, ACTS OF ANGELIC LITURGY ANIMALS ANNA. AMOS, BOOK OF AMPHIPOLIS tioned in the third person, as he is in 1:1. The visions of Amos are found in the last section of the book ...
Watson E. Mills, Roger Aubrey Bullard, 1990
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Early Israel: Anthropological and Historical Studies on the ...
In this section it is my intention to study more thoroughly Gottwald's sociological matrix for understanding ancient Israel by examining his attitude towards the concept of the Israelite twelve-tribe amphictyony in the period of the Judges.
Niels Peter Lemche, 1985
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A History of Israel
gave this theory of the amphictyony its definitive form. The Greek and Italian leagues and amphictyonies provided the analogies to explain why it was thatthenumber of tribes, though often differing as to the precise names, wasalwayskept at ...
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., 2010
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Early History of the Israelite People: From the Written & ...
One of the central difficulties that scholars have faced in evaluating Alt's amphictyony hypothesis since Noth's amplification is that no common understanding or clear definition of amphictyony existed/3 Hence, criticism and refutation of aspects ...
Thomas L. Thompson, 2000
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Holy War in Ancient Israel
Smend concluded that the amphictyony prior to Samuel was a cultic association, and not primarily political or military. Early Israel's wars were not a function of any cultic institution, despite the ritual features accompanying them,66 and for that ...
Marva J. Dawn, 1991
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Scripture in Context II: More Essays on the Comparative Method
He added that Dagon was not even a Philistine god.52 Fohrer admitted it to be closer to the Greek model, but he could still not accept it as an amphictyony.53 De Vaux illustrates the collective ambivalence of the critics. Careful demands are  ...
William W. Hallo, James C. Moyer, Leo G. Perdue, 1983
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Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Israel: Prolegomena to the ...
In the case of the German school, the popular “amphictyony hypothesis” suggested a united Israel that stood over against the surrounding peoples, again a context of “otherness” suitable for ethnic sentiment to emerge.21 For Mendenhall and ...
Kenton L. Sparks, 1998
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How Israel Became a People
THE. AMPHICTYONY. HYPOTHESIS. One of the efforts to reconstruct early Israel's cultus was that by Martin Noth, who proposed what has come to be known as the “amphictyony hypothesis” in ahighlyinfluentialstudy in 1930.21The  ...
Ralph K. Hawkins, 2013
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Interpreting Ancient Israelite History, Prophecy, and Law
The role assigned to Joshua in Joshua 24 reflects an historical memory of his role in the establishment of the amphictyony. The location of the “landtag von sichem” also preserved a true historical reflection ofthe origin of the amphictyony at ...
John H. Hayes, Brad E. Kelle, 2013
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A Greek Countryside: The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to ...
lenic interests and rivalries could be expressed in such organizations (Forrest, 1982: 305-20). That the Kalaureian Amphictyony was more than a group of Aktean towns (in the literal sense of amphictuones, "dwellers round about") that shared ...
Michael H. Jameson, Curtis Neil Runnels, Tjeerd Hendrik Van Andel, 1994

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMPHICTYONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amphictyony is used in the context of the following news items.
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At the National Spelling Bee, a day for tears, not glory
Words such as vexillology (the study of flags), amphictyony (a league of ancient Greek states), and bergschrund (a crevasse). Some heard the ... «Washington Post, May 15»
2
Book Review: 'Delphi' by Michael Scott
... in no small part because Apollo's sanctuary was managed by a pan-Hellenic group called the Delphic Amphictyony, a kind of United Nations ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 14»
3
Management consultancy! Sculpture park! Sports stadium! The …
For much of its history it was jointly run by the locals and by the Amphictyony — which was, depending on your source and the era, either a sort ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 14»
4
Prometheus Teachers Society Celebrate X-mas
... to the eugenic and generous American Ethnos and to the organizers and protagonists of his Amphictyony and the gastronomic symposia.”. «Greek Reporter, Dec 12»
5
Top Prices Realized at Gorny & Mosch from Antiquity to the Present …
It was easy to see this appraisal of beauty at work with two staters of the Amphictyony of Delphi, minted around 346. While the first extremely ... «Coin Update News, Nov 12»
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Gorny & Mosch Auctions 207-209: Treasures for Every Budget
The piece practically upstages two other rarities: two of the extremely rare issues of the Amphictyony of Delphi (Estimates: 25,000 and 10,000 ... «Coin Update News, Sep 12»

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