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am•phic•ty•o•ny
Pronunciation: (am-fik'tē-u-nē), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -nies.
(in ancient Greece) any of the leagues of states, esp. the league at Delphi, united for mutual protection and the worship of a common deity.
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