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His functions corresponded, in some degree, with those of the symposiarch of the ancient Greeks.

The symposiarch, or arbiter bibendi, settled the proportions to be used.

After the eats were et the symposiarch proposed a toast: "Long Live Our Teachers!"

Even after connecting himself with the magazine and becoming the symposiarch of the "Noctes," and perhaps the greatest Tory in all broad Scotland, he did not renounce his home among the lakes.

There was a chairman, or symposiarch, appointed by the company to regulate the drinking; and it was his duty to mix the wine in the "mighty bowl."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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