单词 | phylarchy |
释义 | phylarchyn. The office or jurisdiction of a phylarch (in various senses); the system of government or administration by phylarchs. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems governed by person or body > [noun] > by tribal leaders phylarchy1728 society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > ancient Greek > position of phylarchy1728 1728 M. Earbery tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead II. ix. 56 The twelve Apostles and the twelve Patriarchs joined together, or the Phylarchies of the Jews [L. cum duodecim Patriarchis, vel etiam Phylarchis Judæorum]. 1732 P. Delany Revelation examined with Candour II. 103 Le Clerc..hath found evident remains of almost all their phylarchies. a1855 A. Crichton Hist. Arabia (1868) 255 The religion and government of this sect may be very briefly defined, as a Mohammedan puritanism joined to a Bedouin phylarchy, in which the great chief is both the political and religious leader of the nation. 1924 H. J. Stenning tr. M. Beer Social Struggles & Socialist Forerunners vi. 160 Every ten Phylarchies or 300 families [in More's Utopia] elect their Chief Phylarchs or Tranibors. 1991 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 81 243 Each phylarchy seems to have had its own bishop, often himself an Arab. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728 |
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