AREOPAGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Areopagus mean? 

• AREOPAGUS (noun)
  The noun AREOPAGUS has 2 senses:

1. a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court

2. the highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court)

  Familiarity information: AREOPAGUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AREOPAGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)

Holonyms ("Areopagus" is a part of...):

Athens; Athinai; capital of Greece; Greek capital (the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Areopagus" is a kind of...):

assembly (a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose)

Meronyms (members of "Areopagus"):

Areopagite (a member of the council of the Areopagus)