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PERICLEAN

\pˈɛɹɪklˌi͡ən], \pˈɛɹɪklˌi‍ən], \p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_k_l_ˌiə_n]\

Definitions of PERICLEAN

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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Pertaining to Pericles, the greatest Athenian statesman (died 429? B. C.), or the period of his supremacy, which was also that of Greek art, literature, philosophy, and states manship.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

per-i-kl[=e]'an, adj. of Pericles (died 429 B.C.) or the golden age of art and letters at Athens.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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