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Hieromnemon   Listen
noun
Hieromnemon  n.  (Gr. Antiq.)
1.
The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.
2.
A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium.





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"Hieromnemon" Quotes from Famous Books



... recommendations. There should be a Council, holding office for a year, consisting of men over thirty years of age, serving without pay. To this body should belong the Generals, the nine Archons, the Amphictyonic Registrar (Hieromnemon), the Taxiarchs, the Hipparchs, the Phylarch, the commanders of garrisons, the Treasurers of Athena and the other gods, ten in number, the Hellenic Treasurers (Hellenotamiae), the Treasurers of the other non-sacred moneys, to the number of twenty, the ten Commissioners ...
— The Athenian Constitution • Aristotle


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