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Nomarchy

Nomarchy \Nom"arch*y\, n.; pl. Nomarchies. A province or territorial division of a kingdom, under the rule of a nomarch, as in modern Greece; a nome.

Usage examples of "nomarchy".

The New Islamic States became the first Nomarchy, which stretched from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean to the Central Asian plain.

So the planet named for her would also be transformed, and its people become a new Nomarchy of Cytherians.

A few were from the Arctic Nomarchy, and they were looking a little uncomfortable even without their coats, and the others had arrived from Azania.

They would become only another Nomarchy used to display the power of the Mukhtars while Ishtar filled their minds with illusions.

Boaz hefted his present, a hand-made spear from the African Nomarchy of Azania, where Kaseko Wugabe had been born.

Let him call Venus a Nomarchy, let him bring in his own people to serve on the Project Council and as Administrators.

He would finish his travels in the Atlantic Federation and return to the New Islamic Nomarchy ready to demand that the rest of the Council reconsider his hoped-for Venus project, at least to the extent of funding a preliminary study.

The people of the Nomarchies needed more than the placid hope of preserving what they had.

Earth depended on such space ventures and Tad was working for the Nomarchies, not the Associated Habitats, who had long ago abandoned any enterprises near Earth orbit.

He usually offered little more than reassurance, but his presence made the townsfolk feel that the Nomarchies were not neglecting them, and the personal contact was more reassuring than messages from afar.

The Nomarchies will cover the cost of her lessons from now on, provided she wishes to continue with them.

Celia would not care, the Nomarchies would save that small expenditure, and Angharad would be relieved to see her daughter accept her responsibilities.

The Nomarchies had no shortage of such people, restless and overly proud men and women who were grateful to the Mukhtars for the chance to feel important.

In spite of what the Nomarchies had been able to do for his region of Earth, there had been too many children in his village, too many people in the cities nearest it, and not enough work for them all.

Along with the skills that would make them useful Earth citizens, the apprentices had also been taught Anglaic, the official tongue of the Nomarchies, the remaining legacy of an old and once-dominant culture, and the language the children would need if they were ever sent outside their own land.