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Choragic

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cho·ra·gus  (k-rgs) also cho·re·gus (-r-, -r-)
n. pl. cho·ra·gi (-j)
1. One who undertook the expense of providing the chorus in ancient Greek drama.
2. The leader of a group or movement.

[Latin chorgus, from Greek khorgos, khorgos : khoros, chorus; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots + agein, to lead; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

cho·ragic (-rjk) adj.
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Adj.1.choragic - pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus

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The story is figured in a different form on the reliefs from the choragic monument of Lysicrates, now in the British Museum (17).
 
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