英语词汇“tetrarchy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

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tetrarchy

释义

tetrarchy|ˈtɛtrɑːkɪ|
[ad. L. tetrarchia, a. Gr. τετραρχία, f. τετράρχης tetrarch n.¹ Cf. F. tétrarchie (15th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
1. The district, division, or part of a country or province ruled by a tetrarch; the government or jurisdiction of a tetrarch.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 291 Wherefore Octouian..ȝafe to Archelaus the halfe parte of the Iewery, and Ydumea, in the name of a tetrarchye.1591G. Fletcher Russe Commw. (Hakl. Soc.) 3 These shires and provinces are reduced all into foure jurisdictions, which they call chetfyrds (that is), tetrarchies, or fourth-parts.1656Blount Glossgr., Tetrarchy, the government of the fourth part of a countrey [1674 adds] or a government of the whole by four persons.1862Merivale Rom. Emp. VI. lix. 540 The tetrarchy of Agrippa..menaced Galilee on its eastern flank.
2. transf. and fig. A government by four persons jointly; a set of four tetrarchs or rulers; a country divided into four petty governments.
c1630Risdon Surv. Devon (1810) 3 The Danish tetrarchy.1641Milton Reform. ii. Wks. 1851 III. 53 Hee ought to suspect a Hierarchy..to bee as dangerous and derogatory from his Crown as a Tetrarchy or a Heptarchy.1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Diss. Physick 12 The honourable Tetrarchy of Physicians, or Doctors,..Chirurgians, Apothecaries, and Chymists.1862Rawlinson Anc. Mon. I. i. 19 In each of these districts we have a sort of tetrarchy, or special pre-eminence of four cities.1885Spectator 8 Aug. 1033/2 Mr. Chamberlain's proposal for a tetrarchy in the guise of Local Government.

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