satrapy
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Etymology
Origin of satrapy
1595–1605; < Latin satrapia < Greek satrapeía, equivalent to satrape-, stem of satrápēs satrap + -ia -y 3
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This isn’t the first time Musk has treated the companies he controls, whether private or publicly-traded, all as arms of his personal satrapy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
The only area not made into a satrapy was the Persian heartland, which was governed directly by the king.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
By early February, Belarus had become a satrapy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
But what about everybody else in the benighted little satrapy?
From Forbes ● Mar. 31, 2015
Each satrapy, or province, had to provide a certain number of men for the imperial army, and to pay a fixed annual tribute to the imperial treasury.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The Parthians, as they came to be called, were ruled by a king but had a decentralized government, relying on a network of semiautonomous rulers called satrapies to govern the administrative districts of the empire.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Because if you desire territorial conquest opportunities that are limitless, you don’t need to bother with the satrapies of Asia Minor, the kings of Persia or a shoeless Bruce Willis anymore.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2017
Once, OPEC’s loose affiliation of 14 petro-states, oil satrapies, and dictatorships could arouse terror in the developed world.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2016
But with data from a dozen scientific satrapies covering 100 localities, including Antarctica, he was ready with specific answers to specific questions.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were surrounded by Inka satrapies; their economy was enmeshed with the imperial machinery; they had hundreds or thousands of people doing the empire's bidding.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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