am·phic·ty·o·ny /æmˈfɪktiəni/
Am·phic·ty·o·ny n.; pl. Amphictyonies Grecian Hist. A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
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amphictyony
n : an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient
Greece; established originally to defend a common
religious center