toparchy

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin toparchia, from Ancient Greek τοπαρχία (toparkhía), from τόπος (tópos, place) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, rule).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɒpɑː(ɹ)ki/, /ˈtɒpə(ɹ)ki/

Noun

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toparchy (plural toparchies)

  1. A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.
    Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.
    • 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: [] Roger Daniel for John Williams, [], →OCLC:
      confining the monarchy of Christ in the Gospel unto their own toparchy, and having a quarrel to the words in the Creed