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单词 trierarchy
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trierarchyn.

Brit. /ˈtrʌɪərɑːki/, U.S. /ˈtraɪəˌrɑrki/
Etymology: < Greek τριηραρχία, < τριήραρχος trierarch n.
1. The position or office of a trierarch; the equipment and maintenance of a trireme or other vessel, as a public service or ‘liturgy’; the system by which a fleet was thus maintained.
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1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 462 Extraordinary liturgies—such as the Trierarchy or equipment of ships which entailed also the obligation of personal service on those by whom the triremes were fitted out.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlv. 51 The citizens who were liable to the charges of the trierarchy.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lv. 47 As a rich young man, also, choregy and trierarchy became incumbent upon him.
1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 477 The trierarchy, i.e. the obligation incumbent upon the citizens to make the ships belonging to the state ready for sea, to hire crews, etc.
2. ‘The trierarchs collectively’ (Ogilvie, 1882).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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