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▪ I. nomarchy1|ˈnɒmɑːkɪ|
[ad. Gr. νοµαρχία: see prec. and cf. monarchy.]
†1. (See quot.) Obs. rare—0.
1656Blount Glossogr., Nomarchie, a jurisdiction or Majoralty, a Law, a County or Shire, a Territory about some city.
2. One of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
1863Chambers's Cycl. V. 81 By the arrangements of 1852, modern Greece is divided into ten provinces or nomarchies. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 85/2 For purposes of local government Greece is divided into 13 nomarchies, under officers called nomarchs.
▪ II. ˈnomarchy2 nonce-wd.
[f. Gr. νόµος law.]
The legal class in a state.
a1843Southey Doctor ccxli. (1848) 661 The chiefs of the Hierarchy, the Iatrarchy, the Nomarchy and the Hoplarchy,..were, like our Bishops, Peers of the realm by virtue of their station. |