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.
ephorate
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a word derived from
ephor.
Example Sentences
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The Persian Magna Charta, parallel to that between the Spartan king and the ephorate.
From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Henry Graham Dakyns
The war began during his ephorate, in the fifteenth year of the thirty years' truce after the capture of Euboea.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
