cleruchy
cleruchy noun: a 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.
Noun
cleruchy (plural cleruchies)
- A 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.
Forms of cleruchy
| plural | cleruchies |
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Origin of cleruchy
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρουχία (klēroukhía), from κληροῦχος (klēroûkhos, “cleruch”); see cleruch.
Questions about cleruchy
- What does cleruchy mean?
- Cleruchy means a 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.
- What part of speech is cleruchy?
- Cleruchy is a noun.
- What is the plural of cleruchy?
- The plural of cleruchy is cleruchies.
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