The system of government, jurisdiction, or authority of the Areopagus; the practice of rule by such a supreme council or court.
From Greek 'Areios pagos' + '-y' (condition or practice). A rare technical term used in classical scholarship to describe the Areopagus as a governing system.
This word captures not just the council itself but the whole *system* it represented—it's like the difference between saying 'Congress' versus 'democratic governance.'
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