Look up: ephor

1. ephor
   One of the five annually elected magistrates in ancient Sparta and other Dorian cities. The office was instituted about 700 BC and continued into the 2nd century AD. The ephors exercised...
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2. ephor
   a magistrate in ancient Greece Category: Law
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3. Ephor
   Eph'or noun ; plural Ephors , Latin Ephori . [ Latin ephorus , Greek ..., from ... to oversee; ... + ... to see: confer French éphore .] (Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by t...
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4. Ephor
   • (n.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
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5. ephor
   (Greek ephoros), title of the highest Spartan magistrates, five in number, who with the kings formed the main executive wing of the state. In ... [3 related articles]
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6. Ephor
   An ephor (Classical Greek Ἔφορος) (from the Greek ἐπί epi, "on" or "over", and ὁράω horaō, "to see", i.e. "one who oversees") was the leader of ancient Sparta and shared power with the Spartan kings. There were five ephors elected annually, who "swore on behalf of the city", while the kings swore for themselves. Herodotu...
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7. Ephor
   Annually elected council of five magistrates. The important day-to-day decisions were in the hands of the Ephors, and a tension between the Spartan kings and the Ephors was always present. Though one of the two kings commanded the Spartan army on campaign, the ephors had the constitutional authority...
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