Neocorate

Neocorate was a rank or dignity granted by the Roman Senate under the Roman Empire to certain cities of Asia, which had built temples for the worship of the Roman Emperors or had established cults of members of the Imperial family.

The Greek word νεωκορειν meant literally a temple-sweeper (νεως, temple, κορειν, to sweep), and was thence used both of a temple attendant and of a priestly holder of high rank who was in charge of a temple.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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• "Neocorate", Coins celebrating the Neocorate, Coinarchives.com