decarchydekarchyn.
/ˈdɛkəki/ Ancient Greek History.
= decadarchy n.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > joint ruler > [noun] > one of specific number of > set of specific number of
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triumvirship1597
triumviry1598
decemvir1600
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decemvirate1651
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a1638 J. Mede Epist. to Dr. Meddus in Wks. iv. 781 The Beast's Horns, that is, the ‘eyed’ and ‘mouthed’ Horn with that Decarchy of Horns subject to him.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 155 A council of ten (a decarchy, as it was commonly called) nominated by himself, was the ordinary substitute for all the ancient forms of polity.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxv. 356 The enormities perpetrated by the Thirty at Athens and by the Lysandrian dekarchies in the other cities.
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