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▪ I. triarch, n.|ˈtraɪɑːk|
[f. tri- + -arch in tetrarch: cf. Gr. τρίαρχος chief ruler, and next.]
1. The ruler of one of three divisions of a country or territory.
1886J. Bury in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. VII. 314 These three lords were called the terzieri (tierciers) of Negroponte. Hopf calls them Dreiherrn, and we may call them triarchs. Ibid. 321 William laid claim..to the north of Euboia, calling himself a triarch.
2. In Fourier's social organization: A ruler of the third (ascending) rank.
1848Tait's Mag. XV. 706 There will be duarchs for four phalanx, triarchs for 12, tetrarchs for 48, and so on until the douzarch reigns over a million.
Hence ˈtriarchate rare—1 [cf. patriarchate], an association of three rulers.
1881Hartshorne Glance 20th C. 15 Then, the triarchate; is it not surprising? Pope, Patriarch, and Primate of Canterbury! Roman, Greek, and Anglican, united at last!
▪ II. triarch, a. Bot.|ˈtraɪɑːk|
[f. tri- + Gr. ἀρχή beginning, origin.]
Arising from three points of origin, as the woody tissue of a root: cf. diarch.
1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 354 As a rule the xylem-plates are diarch in Lupinus varius,..triarch in Pisum sativum,..tetrarch in Phaseolus. Ibid. 363 Triarch and tetrarch bundles sometimes occur in thick roots of species which are usually diarch. 1895[see tetrarch a.]. |