{ ‖Per′i‐œ″ci, Per′i‐œ″cians, } n. pl. [NL. perioeci, fr. Gr. �; � around + � house, dwelling.] Those who live on the same parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antœci.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.