单词 | dicastery |
释义 | dicasteryn. One of the courts of justice in which the dicasts sat; the court or body of dicasts. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > ancient Greek courts ephorism1633 Areopagus1642 ephetes1839 ephorate1841 dicastery1846 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 185 The Dicasterion..in Athens..the Comitia of that Commonwealth. 1822 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Wasps in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 179 The very essence of the Athenian democracy..was centered in its Dicasteria, or courts of justice.] 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xii. 304 It was unlawful to put to death any person, even under formal sentence by the dicastery. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 99 The people in the country..were as likely to be drawn into the senate and dicasteries, as the people..of the town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846 |
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