{"def":{"short":"a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e., preeminence at meals","long":["the first reclining place, the chief place at table","the relative rank of the several places at table varied among the Persians, Greeks, and Romans; and what arrangements the Jews had in the time of Christ can not be accurately determined"]},"deriv":"from G4413 and G2828","pronun":{"ipa":"pro.to.kliˈsi.ɑ","ipa_mod":"prow.tow.kliˈsi.ɑ","sbl":"prōtoklisia","dic":"proh-toh-klee-SEE-ah","dic_mod":"proh-toh-klee-SEE-ah"},"see":["G2828","G4413"]}