ephor
noun
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
ephoralty
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a word derived from
ephor.
Example Sentences
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From the accounts just adduced, we do not however wish to infer any thing further, than how variable were the opinions, and how little historical the statements, concerning the original object of the ephoralty.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
The Messenians also would hardly, upon the re-establishment of their state, have received the ephoralty into their government,466 if they had thought it only an institution of some Spartan king.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
If, however, the ephoralty was an institution of Theopompus, it is difficult to account for the existence of the same office in other Doric states.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
In the constitution of Lycurgus, as it has been hitherto developed, the ephoralty of later times would not only have been a superfluous, but a destructive addition.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
Without an election, however, Chilon could not have attained the ephoralty, nor his brother have been able to complain that he was postponed.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
