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113 words match “ARCHY”

ARCHY a. 2 definitions
Arched; as, archy brows.
ANARCHY n. 2 definitions
e there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper.
ARISTARCHY n. 2 definitions
Severely criticism.
AUTARCHY n.
Self-sufficiency. [Obs.] Milton.
CHILIARCHY n.
A body consisting of a thousand men. Mitford.
DIARCHY n.
A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.
DINARCHY n.
See Diarchy.
DUARCHY n.
Government by two persons.
EPARCHY n.
of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
ETHNARCHY n.
The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright.
GUNARCHY n.
See Gynarchy.
GYNARCHY n.
Government by a woman. Chesterfield.
HAGIARCHY n.
A sacred government; by holy orders of men. Southey.
HEPTARCHY n.
A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
HERESIARCHY n.
A chief or great heresy. [R.] The book itself [the Alcoran] consists of heresiarchies against our blessed Savior. Sir T. Herbert.
HETERARCHY n.
The government of an alien. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
HIERARCHY n. 4 definitions
Dominion or authority in sacred things.
KRITARCHY n.
The rule of the judges over Israel. Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the kritarchy. Southey.
MONARCHY n. 3 definitions
vernment in which the chief ruler is a monarch. In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. Macaulay.
NAVARCHY n.
Nautical skill or experience. [Obs.] ir W. Petty.
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