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timarchy rare.|ˈtaɪmaːkɪ|
[ad. Gr. τῑµαρχία, f. τῑµή honour + -αρχία government.]
= timocracy.
c1643Maximes Unfolded 4 That they all be present.., his Majestie as the heire of the Kingdome, his Peeres by their Birth, and the Commons by the peoples Election. The first sheweth a Monarchie, the second an Aristocracie, and the third a Timarchie. Ibid. 5 Timarchy, or Plutarchy, is when great men of meanes, wanting the honour of Peeres,..have the dignity of Gravity and discretion to make them reputed, and to be well esteemed amongst the people. Ibid. 28 When the best in wealth and estates governe the poore, it is called Plutarchie, the Empire of riches, or Timocracie, the command of honour, which is also named Timarchie. 1852[see timocracy 2]. |