Neocorate

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Neocorate was a rank or dignity granted by the Roman Senate under the Roman Empire to certain cities of Asia, which had built temples for the worship of the emperors or had established cults of members of the imperial family.

The Greek word νεωκορειν meant literally a temple-sweeper (νεως, temple, κορειν, to sweep), and was thence used both of a temple attendant and of a priestly holder of high rank who was in charge of a temple.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.