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Definition of Areopagus

1. Noun. A hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court.

2. Noun. The highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court).

Definition of Areopagus

1. n. The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal

Definition of Areopagus

1. Noun. The supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Athens ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Areopagus

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Areopagist Areopagists Areopagite Areopagites Areopagitic Areopagus (current term) Areopoli Arequipa Ares Arethusa bulbosa

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Literary usage of Areopagus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Areopagus could oppose the introduction of new deities or foreign rites, as in tho case of St Paul, who had to appear before it (Acta xui. 19, ff. ..."

2. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"As to the official functions of the Areopagus, it appears that it ... Whoever uprooted a sacred olive tree was brought to account before the Areopagus. ..."

3. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1860)
"The Areopagus, which, since its authority had been reduced by Ephialtes, had discharged its remaining functions in great obscurity, though it had maintained ..."

4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"The Areopagus. Nicomachus, had filled the office of a public scribe, which,—after declaring that the Athenians .were henceforth to be governed by their ..."

5. Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens by Evelyn Abbott (1892)
"THE Areopagus AND EPHIALTES. The Areopagus—Changes in it caused by Solon and the reforms of Clisthenes—Reasons for the attack by Ephialtes and ..."

6. English Literature During the Lifetime of Shakespeare by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1910)
"OF THE UNIVERSITY Areopagus Night's Dream, perhaps prepared to celebrate the marriage of that "universal patroness of poets, Lucy Harington," to the Earl of ..."

7. The Andover Review (1892)
"MUST WE GIVE UP THE PAULINE Areopagus? MOST of our knowledge is taken upon trust. Everybody knows more than anybody can know ; and to prove all things for ..."

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