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‖ Areopagus|æriːˈɒpəgəs|
[L., a. Gr. ἄρειος πάγος the hill of Ares, or Mars' hill.]
A hill at Athens where the highest judicial court of the city held its sittings; hence used for the court itself, and transf. of any important tribunal.
1642Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. xvi. 86 Who hath descended into this Areopagus [of polemics]? a1670Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. §159. 169 And therefore, my H. Lordships, here I have fixt my Areopagus, and dernier Resort, being not like to make any further Appeal. 1900Daily News 28 Apr. 5/3 A permanent areopagus has been created, with fixed arbitrators, secretaries, &c. 1919tr. Von Tirpitz's Mem. I. xvi. 249 The European ‘areopagus’ (as Bethmann called it), proposed by Grey, ought not to have been refused. 1920Q. Rev. Apr. 475 The Commission of Reparations, whose duty it should be to become a..Rhadamanthine Areopagus. |