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单词 myriarchy
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myriarchyn.

Brit. /ˈmɪrɪɑːki/, U.S. /ˈmɪriˌɑrki/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: myriarch n., -y suffix3.
Etymology: < myriarch n. + -y suffix3; compare -archy comb. form. Compare chiliarchy n., heptarchy n., etc. In sense 2 translating older Mongolian tüme(n) (compare toman n. 1).
1. Government by ten thousand rulers. Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > other types of government
regency1643
myriarchy1650
responsible government1782
charter-government1796
co-government1834
minority government1859
internationalism1879
minority rule1886
Labour government1892
provisional government1916
paepae1937
1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 18 Not an heptarchy, but a chiliarchy, or myriarchy might follow.
2. Asian History. The force of Mongol troops commanded by a myriarch (see myriarch n. 2). Also (esp. in Tibet): the area governed by a myriarch; the population of such an area.
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1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVIII. 380/1 The Mongols prescribed a reorganization of the many small estates into 13 myriarchies (administrative districts each comprising, theoretically, 10,000 families).
1977 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 37 104 Khubilai Khan..invested him with temporal authority over the thirteen myriarchies of Tibet.
1998 U. E. Bulag Nationalism & Hybridity in Mongolia iii. 72 It is not far-fetched to suggest that the Halh were only one of the six myriarchies (Tümen) of the Eastern Mongols.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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