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单词 tetrarchy
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tetrarchyn.

Brit. /ˈtɛtrɑːki/, U.S. /ˈtɛˌtrɑrki/
Etymology: < Latin tetrarchia, < Greek τετραρχία , < τετράρχης tetrarch n. Compare French tétrarchie (15th cent. in Godefroy Compl.).
1. The district, division, or part of a country or province ruled by a tetrarch; the government or jurisdiction of a tetrarch.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler > of tetrarch or triarch
tetrarchy?a1475
triarchy1601
tetradarchy1839
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 291 Wherefore Octouian..ȝafe to Archelaus the halfe parte of the Iewery, and Ydumea, in the name of a tetrarchye.
1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth i. f. 2v These Shires and Prouinces are reduced all into foure Iurisdictions, which they call Chetfyrds (that is) Tetrarchies or Fourthparts.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tetrarchy, the government of the fourth part of a countrey [1674 adds] or a government of the whole by four persons.
1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. lix. 548 The tetrarchy of Agrippa..menaced Galilee on its eastern flank.
2. transferred and figurative. A government by four persons jointly; a set of four tetrarchs or rulers; a country divided into four petty governments.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by specific number of rulers > [noun] > by four
tetrarchya1640
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler > group of kingdoms
heptarchy1576
pentarchy1587
tetrarchya1640
polyarchy1648
triarchy1660
hexarchy1799
octarchy1799
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > joint ruler > [noun] > one of specific number of > set of specific number of
triumvirate1584
triumvirship1597
triumviry1598
decemvir1600
pentarchy1607
triumvir1619
decarchya1638
decemvirate1651
tetrarchy1716
decadarchy1849
triarchy1859
triarchate1881
a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) 3 The Danish tetrarchy.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 67 Hee ought to suspect a Hierarchy to bee as dangerous and derogatory from his Crown as a Tetrarchy or a Heptarchy.
1716 M. Davies Diss. Physick 12 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The honourable Tetrarchy of Physicians, or Doctors,..Chirurgians, Apothecaries, and Chymists.
1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. i. 19 In each of these districts we have a sort of tetrarchy, or special pre-eminence of four cities.
1885 Spectator 8 Aug. 1033/2 Mr. Chamberlain's proposal for a tetrarchy in the guise of Local Government.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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