单词 | toparch |
释义 | toparchn. The ruler or prince of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty ‘king’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] > petty king regulusa1513 roitelet?1592 kinglet1603 kingling1605 toparch1640 royalet1650 roylet1658 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 11 By those many Kings mentioned in the old Testament, thirty and one in the little land of Canaan,..is meant onely Toparchs, not great Kings, but Lords of a little Dition, and Dominion. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. viii. 353 Toparks, Kings of Cities or narrow territories, such as were the Kings of Sodome and Gomorrah, the Kings of Jericho and Ai. View more context for this quotation 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xi. iii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 330 The toparchs of India and Ethiopia. 1853 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxv, in Monthly Packet Nov. 331 The Toparch, Turlogh O'Connor, was the friend of O'Rourke. Derivatives toˈparchical adj. [-ical suffix] of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a toparch or toparchy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [adjective] > relating to petty king toparchical1650 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. xiv. 302 Communicating it to the Sons and Nephews of Toparchicall Princes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1640 |
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