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Meaning of cleruchy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.

historical

Equivalents

Ελληνικά κληρουχία
Italiano cleruchia

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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