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phrontisterion

phrontisterion is the alternative form of phrontistery.

Meaning of phrontistery

Noun

phrontistery (plural phrontisteries)

  1. A place for thinking.
  2. An establishment devoted to education or study.

Proper noun capitalized: Phrontisterion

the Phrontisterion

  1. A Greek educational institution that operated from 1682/3 to 1921 in Trabzon in the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey.

Forms of phrontisterion

pluralphrontisteria

Origin of phrontisterion

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φροντιστήριον (Phrontistḗrion).

Questions about phrontisterion

What does phrontisterion mean?
Phrontisterion means a Greek educational institution that operated from 1682/3 to 1921 in Trabzon in the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey.
What is phrontisterion the alternative form of?
Phrontisterion is the alternative form of phrontistery.
What part of speech is phrontisterion?
Phrontisterion is a proper noun.

Words near phrontisterion in the dictionary

  1. phronimid
  2. phronimids
  3. Phronsie
  4. phrontisteria
  5. phrontisteries
  6. phrontisterion
  7. phrontisterium
  8. phrontistery
  9. phrophosphorylase
  10. phrrp
  11. phrrt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phrontisterion (page history and authors); Phrontisterion (page history and authors); phrontistery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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