Cleruchy

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.

Synonyms

cleruchia synclite cleroterium kleroterion clericocracy cleroterion œchalia politeia clerisy apollonia corinthian choragus

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