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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cleruchy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cleruchy
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρουχία (klēroukhía), from κληροῦχος (klēroûkhos, “cleruch”); see cleruch.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: κληρουχία

Inflected Forms

cleruchies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cleruch cleruchial cleruchic

Questions

What does cleruchy mean?
A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.
Where does cleruchy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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