- ə nē noun
( -es )
Etymology: Greek prytaneia, from prytanis + -eia -y
1. : the presidential office of the Athenian senate held successively during the year by each of the ten sections into which the senate was divided
2. : one of the ten divisions of the Athenian senate during its presidency
3. : the period during which a section of the senate held the office of president