Panhellenic

or pan·hel·len·ic

[pan-huh-len-ik, -lee-nik]

adjective

of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.

of, relating to, or noting collegiate fraternities and sororities.

Origin of Panhellenic

First recorded in 1840–50; pan- + Hellenic

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Historical Examples of panhellenic

Their influence in preserving a Panhellenic feeling was very marked.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)
John Addington Symonds
Panhellenic politics had the foremost interest for Isocrates.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8
Various
Therefore his presence in the Panhellenic temple was peculiarly appropriate and awe-inspiring.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)
John Addington Symonds
The Italians lacked such means of addressing the aggregated masses of the nation as the panhellenic festivals of Greece afforded.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature
John Addington Symonds
One other early attempt at forming something like a Panhellenic union ought to be noticed.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2)
Polybius

British Dictionary definitions for panhellenic

Panhellenic

adjective

of or relating to all the Greeks, all Greece, or Panhellenism

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Word Origin and History for panhellenic

Panhellenic

adj.

also Related: pan-Hellenic, 1847, "pertaining to or involving all the Greeks," from Greek Panhellenes "all the Hellenes;" see pan- + Hellenic. Related: Panhellenism.