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synarchy

British  
/ ˈsɪnəkɪ /

noun

  1. joint rule

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of synarchy

C18: from Greek sunarchia, from sunarchein to rule jointly

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The Achaeans had ten selected magistrates called the demiurgs, constituting a council apart called the synarchy, which, with the strategus, prepared all the business that was introduced into their Senate.

From The Commonwealth of Oceana by Harrington, James

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