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Spartan magistrates
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ephori
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Ephor \Eph"or\, n.; pl. Ephors , L. Ephori . [L. ephorus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to oversee; ? + ? to see: cf. F. ['e]phore.] (Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over ...
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There should be either a temporary or perpetual magistrate to keep the nobles in awe, as the Ephori at Sparta and the State Inquisitors at Venice—magistrates subject to no formalities.
The true sovereigns were the Ephori, since royalty itself was subservient to them.