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Areopagite

Ar·e·op·a·gite [ àrree óppə jt, àrree óppə gt ] (plural A·re·op·a·gites)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of ancient Greek council: in ancient Greece, a member of the judicial and religious council that met on the Areopagus, a hill in Athens

[15th century. Via Latin< Greek areiopagitēs< Areios pagos "hill of Ares"]
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