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chiliarchy|ˈkɪlɪɑːkɪ|
[ad. Gr. χιλιαρχία: cf. monarchy, heptarchy, etc.]
†1. Government by a thousand rulers. Obs. rare.
1650Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 18 Not an heptarchy, but a chiliarchy, or myriarchy might follow.
†2. A body of a thousand men. Obs. (So in Gr.)
1660H. More Myst. Godl. 195 The Chiliarchies also, or Regiments, as I may so call them, of the Lamb, being summed up in this number. 1685― Para. Prophet. 358.
3. The post of chiliarch.
1840Thirlwall Greece VII. lvi. 129 The chiliarchy which had been assigned to himself. |