Definitions For Cleruchy

Noun

CLERUCHY (plural cleruchies) (historical, Ancient Greece) 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 kleros, kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.

Related terms

cleruch cleruchic

Translations

Greek: κληρουχία, f Italian: cleruchia, f

Etymology

Borrowed from , from κληροῦχος, , cleruch; see cleruch.

Is Cleruchy a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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18
Words with Friends
20

The word Cleruchy is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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