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Perioeci
[ per-ee-ee-sahy ]
plural noun
, singular Per·i·oe·cus [per-ee-, ee, -k, uh, s].
- the inhabitants of ancient Laconia, constituting a dependent people of Sparta, who governed themselves and had a monopoly on trade and manufacture. Compare Helot ( def 1 ), Spartiate.
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- peri·oecic peri·oecid adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
They had much the same position as the perioeci in ancient Sparta.
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The whole number taken, whether true-born Spartans or Perioeci, amounted to more than one hundred.
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The provinces under Spartan rule were divided into thirty thousand parts, a part for each Perioeci family.
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Besides the Helots, the Spartans exercised an authority over the intermediate class called the Perioeci.
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