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Areopagite

/æɹiːˈɒpəɡaɪt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A member of the ancient-Athenian conciliary court of the Areopagus.

Etymology / origin

From the Middle English Ariopagite, Ariopagyte, from the Latin arēopagītes, from the Ancient Greek Ἀρεοπαγίτης (Areopagítēs); equivalent to Areopagus + -ite.

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