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tetrarchical, a. Now rare.|tɪˈtrɑːkɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
= prec.; also † of a country: Ruled by tetrarchs; divided into tetrarchies (obs.).
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 21 The whole Ile is Tetrarchicall, 4 severall Kings swaying their Ebony Scepters in each Toparchy. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. x. (1650) 212 The Tetrarchicall or generall banners, of Judah, Ruben, Ephraim and Dan. a1751Bolingbroke Ess. Author. Matters Relig. xxxii, The patriarchs had a sort of tetrarchical, or ethnarchical authority, for I suppose it is not easy to distinguish them. |