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tetrarchy
[ te-trahr-kee, tee- ]
noun
- the position, territory, or tenure of a tetrarch, especially of the ruler of the fourth part of a province or country in the ancient Roman Empire:
Agrippa returned to Rome in a.d. 39 and secured the banishment of his uncle Antipas, whose tetrarchy of Galilee and Perea he was then granted.
- a group of four joint rulers or chiefs, or the rule or domain of such a group:
Many thanks to our tetrarchy of system administrators, who worked together to fix this complex network problem in record time.
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Other Words From
- te·trar·chic [te-, trahr, -kik, ti-], te·trar·chi·cal adjective
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Example Sentences
He also gave him the tetrarchy of Lysanias, 27 and changed his iron chain for a golden one of equal weight.
They called it the Club of the Tetrarchy, because they thought it grand to have a Greek name.
At the time mentioned by Luke the territory of Abila, or Abilene, was no longer a tetrarchy.
The supreme power of each tetrarchy resided in a council of the ulmen, who assembled annually in a large plain.
One place in Peræa and three in Philip's tetrarchy, with their events.
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