synclite
Meanings
noun
- A specially summoned council or assembly of elders in classical Greece.
- A senate (in the context of the Byzantine Empire, or one of the states in its sphere of influence which adopted similar institutions).
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Etymology
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek σῠ́γκλητος (sŭ́nklētos). By surface analysis, syn- (“with, together”) + Byzantine Greek κλητός (klētós, “called”).
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