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Tetrarchies

Tetrarchy \Tet"rarch*y\, n.; pl. Tetrarchies. [L. tetrarchia, Gr. ?: cf. F. t['e]trarchie.] (Rom. Antiq.) The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.

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tetrarchies

n. (plural of tetrarchy English)

Usage examples of "tetrarchies".

They had fought each other, breaking into pairs and tetrarchies, and meeting here and murdering one another there.

The Drakians opened volley-fire at 400 yards, firing by tetrarchies [platoons].

That was no more than a couple of tetrarchies or the crew of a torpedo gunboat, even if two flag officers commanded it, and all Citizens.