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Panhellenic

American  
[pan-huh-len-ik, -lee-nik] / ˌpæn həˈlɛn ɪk, -ˈli nɪk /
Or panhellenic

adjective

  1. of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.

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


Panhellenic British  
/ ˌpænhɛˈlɛnɪk /

adjective

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Panhellenic

First recorded in 1840–50; pan- + Hellenic

Example Sentences

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The policy mirrors those of the 25 other sororities in the National Panhellenic Conference, the umbrella organization for sororities in the U.S. and Canada, according to the Kappa Kappa Gamma filing.

From Seattle Times Jun. 21, 2023

The prospects of New Democracy, the center-left Syriza party or the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, or PASOK, teaming up in some combination to form a coalition government also is considered extremely unlikely by politicians and pundits.

From Washington Times Apr. 22, 2023

The Panhellenic Federation of Railway Employees declared a 24-hour strike, so no trains were running on Thursday in Greece.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2023

“However, we have long understood that organizations choose to disaffiliate from universities for a variety of legitimate reasons, because in some cases Panhellenic organizations have done so as well.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2022

He had never been popular in the country, and this failure to realize a step in the Panhellenic policy made him for the time the object of all the popular indignation.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II by William James Stillman

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