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eph·or

(ĕf′ôr′, -ər)

n. pl. eph·ors or eph·o·ri (-ə-rī′)

One of five elected magistrates exercising a supervisory power over the kings of Sparta.

[Latin ephorus, from Greek ephoros, from ephorān, to oversee : ep-, epi-, epi- + horān, to see; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

eph′or·ate′ (-ə-rāt′, -ə-rĭt) n.

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ephor

(ˈɛfɔː)

n, pl -ors or -ori (-əˌraɪ)

(Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) one of a board of senior magistrates in any of several Dorian states, esp the five Spartan ephors, who were elected by vote of all full citizens and who wielded effective power

[C16: from Greek ephoros, from ephoran to supervise, from epi- + horan to look]

ˈephoral adj

ˈephorate n

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eph•or

(ˈɛf ɔr, ˈɛf ər)

n., pl. -ors, -or•i (-əˌraɪ)

one of a body of magistrates in ancient Dorian states, esp. at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.

[1580–90; < Latin ephorus < Greek éphoros overseer, guardian, ruler (compare ephorân to look over =ep- ep- + horân to see, look)]

eph′or•al, adj.

eph′or•ate (-əˌreɪt, -ər ɪt) n.

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Some persons say, that the most perfect government should be composed of all others blended together, for which reason they commend that of Lacedsemon; for they say, that this is composed of an oligarchy, a monarchy, and a democracy, their kings representing the monarchical part, the senate the oligarchical; and, that in the ephori may be found the democratical, as these are taken from the people.

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are England's Ephori and Tribuni," which served "the Boundaries of Prerogative and Privilege, and the living Bulwark of the Laws" (p.

Beyond the schoolhouse door: educating the political animal in Jefferson's little republics

As you received your death from the sentence of an unjust parliament, so this king of Sparta received his from the wicked judgment of the Ephori. But just as the effects were similar, so far were the causes different.