dicastery

/ dɪˈkæstərɪ /

noun

C19: from dicast

It is, in my judgment, a mistake to suppose that Solon transferred the judicial power of the archons to a popular dicastery.

The largest and most important of the legal tribunals, the “dicastery” (par excellence), was known as the heliaea.

The general term for a tribunal is δικαστήριον (from δικάζω), Anglicized “dicastery.”

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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