bouleuterion

bouleuterion noun: a building in Ancient Greece, housing the boule (council of citizens), where public affairs were discussed.

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Noun

bouleuterion (plural bouleuteria)

(historical) A building in Ancient Greece, housing the boule (council of citizens), where public affairs were discussed.
- […]we print here an updated and revised list of bouleuteria, some attested only in written sources, some physically preserved.⁶³ In most cases, however, the identification of a building as a bouleuterion is uncertain.1994, Mogens Herman Hansen, From Political Architecture to Stephanus Byzantius: Sources for the Ancient Greek Polis, Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 38
- The "Old Bouleuterion", whether it was built before or after the Persian sack of Athens,³ certainly antedates the New Bouleuterion.1995, Michel Troper, Mikael M. Karlsson, Law, Justice and the State: Proceedings of the 16. World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy: Reykjavík, 26...

அவையில்லம்

plural	bouleuteria

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλευτήριον (bouleutḗrion).

What does bouleuterion mean?: Bouleuterion means a building in Ancient Greece, housing the boule (council of citizens), where public affairs were discussed.
What is bouleuterion in Tamil?: Bouleuterion in Tamil is அவையில்லம். See Bouleuterion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bouleuterion?: Bouleuterion is a noun.
What is the plural of bouleuterion?: The plural of bouleuterion is bouleuteria.

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