duarchyn.
/ˈdjuːəki/ A government by two co-ordinate rulers; a diarchy.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by specific number of rulers > [noun] > by two
duarchy1586
binarchy1656
duumvirate1656
duumviracy1659
duumvirateship1679
diarchy1835
biarchy1847
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 617 Properly called a Duarchy, which may continue so long as those two Princes agree.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 38 A Duarchie in the Church..being inconsistent with a Monarchie in the State.
1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca ii. iv. 144 That Sparta should be careful to preserve both her Kings, and not change the duarchy into a monarchy.
Derivatives
ˈduarch n. one who shares rule with another.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > joint ruler > [noun] > one of specific number of
quartermaster1541
duumvir1600
quarter-ruler1610
tetrarcha1661
decemvir1703
quadrumvir1790
pentarch1798
duarch1848
decarch1852
dodecarch1882
1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 706 There will be duarchs for four phalanx, triarchs for 12, tetrarchs for 48, and so on.
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