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gerusia|gɛˈruːzɪə|
[a. L. gerūsia, Gr. γερουσία, f. γέρων old man.]
An assembly of elders, spec. the senate in Sparta and other Dorian cities.
1838Thirlwall Greece II. xi. 41 The old Athenian council came nearer in numbers to the Spartan gerusia. 1852Grote Greece ii. lxxxi. (1856) X. 549 Aristotle assimilates..the Gerusia of Carthage..to that of Sparta. 1835tr. Wellhausen's Proleg. Hist. Israel 514 At the side of the high priest stood the gerusia of the town of Jerusalem. |