| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| dicast |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·cast |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d  k st , d kst |
| NOUN: | One of the 6,000 citizens chosen each year in ancient Athens to sit in the law courts, with functions resembling those of a judge and juror. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek dikast s, judge, from dikazein, to judge, from dik, right, custom. See deik- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | di·castic —ADJECTIVE
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