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Meaning of "cleruchy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CLERUCHY

ˈklɛəˌrʊkɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLERUCHY

noun
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pronoun
preposition
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Cleruchy is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CLERUCHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cleruchy

A cleruchy in Classical Greece, was a specialized type of colony established by Athens. The term comes from the Greek word κληροῦχος, klērouchos, literally "lot-holder". Normally, Greek colonies were politically independent; they would have a special relationship with the mother city the metropolis, but would otherwise be independent entities. Cleruchies were significantly different. The settlers or cleruchs would retain their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens. Cleruchies were established as a means of exporting excess and generally impoverished populations to conveniently distant localities, such as the Thracian Chersonese on the far side of the Aegean Sea. Under the cleruchy arrangement, the participating citizen received a plot of agricultural land, hence a means to earn his livelihood. This elevated the citizen to the property class of zeugitai. The cleruch would be obliged to defend his colony by serving it as a hoplite.

Definition of cleruchy in the English dictionary

The definition of cleruchy in the dictionary is a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLERUCHY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLERUCHY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CLERUCHY

acouchy · anarchy · archduchy · catchy · Cauchy · crunchy · duchy · grand duchy · grouchy · hierarchy · itchy · monarchy · peachy · pouchy · raunchy · sketchy · slouchy · stretchy · touchy · Vichy

Synonyms and antonyms of cleruchy in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cleruchy» into 25 languages

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Kleruchie
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klerukya
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κληρούχους
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLERUCHY»

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California Studies in Classical Antiquity
The evidence for a cleruchy in 445 is reduced to a phrase in Plutarch, probably erroneous, entailing only the confiscation of land and unaccompanied even by the simple mention of the cleruchy this phrase is alleged to presuppose. It is not ...
Judge Philip Levine, University of California (System), Ronald S Stroud, 1977
2
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
From the end of the 6th century BC, Athens began to found a new type of colony named a cleruchy. Although ancient authors often fail to make any terminological distinction between a cleruchy and a colony, the chief difference would appear ...
Nigel Guy Wilson, 2006
3
The Athenian Empire
Meyer56 inferred from this the sending out of a cleruchy in 450, and we may follow him. For Naxos the evidence is less good. Though the name and tribute are restored, in the most recent edition of the texts, in the list of 450/49,57 the name is ...
Polly Low, 2008
4
Articles on Greek Colonization, Including: Cleruchy, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
5
Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study
7 §8 Imbros (Athenian cleruchy) 5 §3 Ios? 5 §23 Kalchedon? 6 §24 Kyzikos 6 § 28 Laodikeia-on-Lykos 8 §22 Lemnos (Athenian cleruchy) 5 §4 Magnesia-on- Maiandros 7 §13 Miletos 7 §16 Samos (Athenian cleruchy) 5 §•3 c. The Eighty Argos ...
Nicholas F. Jones, 1987
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Athenian Empire: Cleruchy, Decree of Aristoteles, Episcopi, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
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Greek Colonisation: An Account of Greek Colonies and Other ...
Distinctions between colony/colonist and cleruchy/cleruch are clearest when small Attic colonies are viewed. Still, in pursuit of the distinguishing features of the types, we are hampered by the imprecision of later sources, especially Plutarch, ...
Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, 2008
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Studies in Classical Philology
in nine different cleruchies pertains to Psenarpsenesis ; in four cleruchies, two of which belong also to the nine just mentioned, to Karanis ; in one cleruchy, to Patsontis. There were thus lands of this sort in at least twelve cleruchies.
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Colony and Mother City in Ancient Greece
In the cleruchy the Athenians had produced a colony to fulfil this purpose. It is therefore interesting that they did not invariably use it, and it is worth while to seek the reasons why one settlement was a cleruchy and another not. It is easy to  ...
A. J. Graham, 1999
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Slice 4 Cincinnatus ...
By pressing the reed with the lip near the base where it is thicker and stiffer, and increasing the pressure of the breath, the air-column is forced to divide and to sound the 438 harmonics, a principle well understood by the ancient Greeks ...
General Books LLC, Various, 2010
REFERENCE
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