tetrarchy
Americannoun
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the position, territory, or tenure of a tetrarch, especially of the ruler of the fourth part of a province or country in the ancient Roman Empire.
Agrippa returned to Rome in a.d. 39 and secured the banishment of his uncle Antipas, whose tetrarchy of Galilee and Perea he was then granted.
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a group of four joint rulers or chiefs, or the rule or domain of such a group.
Many thanks to our tetrarchy of system administrators, who worked together to fix this complex network problem in record time.
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This shared rule between the four emperors was called a tetrarchy.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Diocletian’s hope was that the tetrarchy would end the cycle of assassinations.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
A Roman depiction of the tetrarchy dating from the period of Diocletian’s reign.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
Yet now, during the meal that followed, Mary, the toast of the tetrarchy, she whose wit and brilliance had been echoed even in Rome, wrapped herself in a mantle of silence.
From Mary Magdalen by Saltus, Edgar
If he were, then indeed he might say good-bye to his tetrarchy, to his dream of a kingdom as well.
From Mary Magdalen by Saltus, Edgar
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