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Definition of Ephor
1. n. A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
Definition of Ephor
1. Noun. (historical) One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Doric states, especially ancient Sparta, who oversaw the actions of Spartan kings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ephor
1. a magistrate of ancient Greece [n -ORS or -ORI] : EPHORAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephor
Literary usage of Ephor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... ephor in Lacedaemon, vin. agreement was made in the plain of Maeander, '~' * ^
between the Lacedaemonians and their confederates ACHI. on one part, ..."
2. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race by Karl Otfried Müller, George Cornewall Lewis, Henry Tufnell (1830)
"From this remark three questions arise; first, what was the original nature of
the office of ephor; secondly, what changes did it experience in the lapse of ..."
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