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Prytane [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. PRY'TANE

2. PRYT'ANIS, noun [Gr.] In ancient Greece, a president of the senate of five hundred.

3. [It is to be noted that in words beginning with Ps and Pt, the letter p has no sound.]

Prytanes [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Prytaneum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.