Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Equal rights of citizenship in different communities; mutual political rights.
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- noun Equal rights of citizenship in different communities; mutual political rights.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἰσοπολιτεία, from ἰσοπολίτης ("citizen with equal rights"), from ίσος (isos, "equal,same") + πολίτης (polites, "citizen")
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Examples
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Rome, with which the rest of the Latins formed a connection of friendship, perhaps of isopolity.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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II ii. 243 f.) of the internal organization of Jewish communities in the Diaspora, of their civil position, and of their civic “isopolity,” [37] and it will be seen how advantageous it was to belong to a Jewish community within the Roman empire.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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