Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece;
established originally to defend a common religious center;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amphictyony \Am*phic"ty*o*ny\, n.; pl. Amphictyonies. [Gr. ?.]
(Grecian Hist.)
A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated
confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object
was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amphictyony
n 1: an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient
Greece; established originally to defend a common religious
center