A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀμφικτυονία, from ἀμφί + κτίζω
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