"Xenelasia" is a word in ENGLISH
A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from
residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to
preserve the national simplicity of manners.
My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving.
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A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by …
Read the complete definitionA governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.
Read the complete definitionA slave in ancient Sparta; a Spartan serf; hence, a slave or serf.
Read the complete definitionA Spartan.
Read the complete definitionAn inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.
Read the complete definitionLaconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
Read the complete definitionExpressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the Spartan Partheniae, or sons of unmarried women.
Read the complete definitionAn officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
Read the complete definitionA troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
Read the complete definitionA native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
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