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prytanes

/ˌpɹaɪˈteɪn.iz/

prytanes is the plural of prytane.

Meaning of prytane

Noun

prytane (plural prytanes)

  1. The priest or chief magistrate who presided over a prytaneum.
    • This priest of the public hearth bore the name of king. Sometimes they gave him other titles. As he was especially the priest of the prytaneum, the Greeks preferred to call him the prytane; sometimes they also called him the archon.1915, Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore, Primitive and Ancient Legal Institutions
  2. A board of magistrates presiding over a prytaneum.

Questions about prytanes

What is prytanes the plural of?
Prytanes is the plural of prytane.
How do you pronounce prytanes?
Prytanes is pronounced /ˌpɹaɪˈteɪn.iz/.

Words near prytanes in the dictionary

  1. Prysyvashshia
  2. Prysyvaske
  3. prytane
  4. prytanea
  5. prytaneis
  6. prytanes
  7. prytaneum
  8. prytanies
  9. prytanis
  10. prytany
  11. prythee

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