Prytane
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɹaɪˈteɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prytane is a noun meaning The priest or chief magistrate who presided over a prytaneum.
Meaning
The priest or chief magistrate who presided over a prytaneum.
More Meanings
- A board of magistrates presiding over a prytaneum.
Example Sentences
The priest of the city hearth was called "king", "prytane", or "archon". The term "prytane" was derived from the fact that he was the priest of the prytaneum, or local hearth.
This priest of the public hearth bore the name of king. Sometimes they gave him other titles. As he was especially the priest of the prytaneum, the Greeks preferred to call him the prytane; sometimes they also called him the archon.
Word Forms
- prytanes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prytaneum, pretorian, protopriest, pronoiar, presbyterium, presbytera.
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