Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Prytaneum
Pryt′a·ne′um (prĭt′ȧ·nē′ŭm), n. [L., fr. Gr. Πρυτανεῖον, fr. πρύτανις prytanis.] (Gr. Antiq.) A public building in certain Greek cities; especially, a public hall in Athens regarded as the home of the community, in which official hospitality was extended to distinguished citizens and strangers.