Look up: pentarchy

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   Pentarchy
   Pen'tar·chy noun [ Greek ...: confer French pentarchie . See Penta- , and -archy .] A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers. P. Fletcher. 'The pentarchy of the senses.' A. Brewer.
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   Pentarchy
   The `Pentarchy`, a Greek word meaning `government of five`, designates the Five Great Sees or early Patriarchates, which were the five major centres of the Christian church in Late Antiquity. The respective cities with their presumed apostolic founders (i.e. patriarchs) and modern-day countries are: * Rome (Sts. Peter and Paul), the only Pentarch in the Western Roman Empire (now Italy). * Constantinople (St. Andrew), in the Eastern Roman Empire ...
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   Pentarchy
   • (n.) A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.
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   pentarchy
   in early Byzantine Christianity, the proposed government of universal Christendom by five patriarchal sees under the auspices of a single universal ... [1 related articles]
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   pentarchy
   pentarchy 1. A government by five rulers; a group of five districts or kingdoms each under its own ruler. 2. The government of a country or district by a body of five persons; a governing body of five.
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