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AREOPAGUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Areopagus" is a kind of...):
assembly (a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose)
Meronyms (members of "Areopagus"):
Areopagite (a member of the council of the Areopagus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
Holonyms ("Areopagus" is a part of...):
Athens; Athinai; capital of Greece; Greek capital (the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess))
