What is "cleruchy"

n. A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleros, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.

A cleruchy (, klēroukhia) in Classical Greece, was a specialized type of colony established by Athens. The term comes from the Greek word , klērouchos, literally "lot-holder".