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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
amphictyony
    n 1: an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient
         Greece; established originally to defend a common religious
         center
2. The 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]
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