Meaning & History
Derived from the Greek noun ἱερομνήμων (hieromnemon), which literally means "mindful of the sacred" but later came to refer to a representative of one of the twelve members of the Amphictyonic League, which was a religious association of ancient Greek tribes. The word itself consists of the Greek adjective ἱερός (hieros) meaning "sacred" combined with the Greek adjective μνήμων (mnemon) meaning "mindful" (see Mnemon).This name was borne by an eponymous archon of Athens, who lived in the early 4th century BC.