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sacred war

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
sa-cred war
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Any of three wars fought (in 595-585 BCE, 449 BC-448 BCE and 357-346 BCE) by the Amphictyonic Council.

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸς πόλεμος (hieròs pólemos)

Questions

What does sacred war mean?
Any of three wars fought (in 595-585 BCE, 449 BC-448 BCE and 357-346 BCE) by the Amphictyonic Council.
Where does sacred war come from?
Calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸς πόλεμος (hieròs pólemos)

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