Gr. Hist. [ad. Gr. ἀμφικτυονία, abstr. sb. f. prec.] A confederation of Amphictyons; an association of neighboring states for the common interest.
1835. Thirlwall, Greece, I. x. 374. The term amphictyony … more properly written amphictiony, denotes a body referred to a local centre of union.
1846. Grote, Greece, II. ii. 28. There was an Amphiktyony of seven cities at the holy island of Kalauria.
1869. Rawlinson, Anc. Hist., 122. These leagues, known as Amphictyonies, were not political alliances.
