"tetrarchy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛtɹɑːki/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɛtɹɑɹki/ [General-American] Forms: tetrarchies [plural]
enPR: tĕtʹrärkē [General-American] Etymology: From Latin tetrarchia, from Ancient Greek τετραρχία (tetrarkhía), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|tetrarchia}} Latin tetrarchia Head templates: {{en-noun}} tetrarchy (plural tetrarchies)
  1. (politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrarchy of Diocletian which ruled the Roman Empire in the years 293-313. Categories (topical): Politics, Forms of government, Four Categories (place): Roman Empire Translations (government by four people): տետրախիա (tetraxia) (Armenian), tetrarquia (Asturian), тетрархия (tetrarhija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tetrarquia [feminine] (Catalan), tetrarchie [feminine] (Czech), tetrarki [neuter] (Danish), tetrarchie [feminine] (Dutch), tetrarkio (Esperanto), tetrarkia (Finnish), tétrarchie [feminine] (French), ტეტრარქია (ṭeṭrarkia) (Georgian), ოთხთა მმართველობა (otxta mmartveloba) (Georgian), Tetrarchie [feminine] (German), τετραρχία (tetrarchía) (Greek), tetrarchia (Hungarian), tetrarchie (Ido), tetrarchia (Interlingua), tetrarchia [feminine] (Italian), tetrarchia [feminine] (Latin), tetrarchie [feminine] (Luxembourgish), тетрархија (tetrarhija) [feminine] (Macedonian), tetrarki [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tetrarki [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tetrarchia (Polish), tetrarquia [feminine] (Portuguese), tetrarhie [feminine] (Romanian), тетра́рхия (tetrárxija) [feminine] (Russian), тетрархија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tetrarhija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tetrarchia [feminine] (Slovak), tetrarhija [feminine] (Slovene), tetrarquía [feminine] (Spanish), tetrarki [common-gender] (Swedish), tetrarşi (Turkish), тетра́рхія (tetrárxija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tetrarchy-en-noun--2dgngRX Disambiguation of Forms of government: 68 32 Disambiguation of Four: 77 23 Disambiguation of Roman Empire: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -archy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -archy: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 74 26 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'government by four people': 85 15
  2. (geography) The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately. Categories (topical): Geography
    Sense id: en-tetrarchy-en-noun-dZ1giUzT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -archy, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -archy: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: government, Tetrarchy (english: specific instances), tetradarchy Related terms: tetrarch Coordinate_terms: government

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