1) Christian term
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`Pentarchy` (from the Greek Πενταρχία, Pentarchia from πέντε pente, `five`, and ἄρχω archo, `to rule`) is a term in the history of Christianity for the idea of universal rule over all of Christendom by the heads (or Patriarchs) of the five major episcopal sees of the Roman Empire: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch,...
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government by five individuals
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• (n.) A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.
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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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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. Found on
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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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