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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amphictyony n : an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center
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