单词 | chiliarchy |
释义 | chiliarchyn.ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by specific number of rulers > [noun] > by a thousand chiliarchy1650 1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 18 Not an heptarchy, but a chiliarchy, or myriarchy might follow. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > thousand > group of a thousand > persons chiliarchy1660 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvi. 195 The Chiliarchies also or Regiments, as I may so call them, of the Lamb being summed up in this number. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xli. 358 It is undeniable but that 144 Chiliarchies or Regiments, which have the nature of Units in this case, and that 666 propounded alone, is to be numbred by extracting the square Root thereof. 3. The post of chiliarch. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > leader or commander of 1000 > position of chiliarchy1840 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lvi. 129 The chiliarchy which had been assigned to himself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1650 |
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