ethnarchy

noun

eth·​nar·​chy

-kē

plural -es

: the dominion of an ethnarch or his office or rank

Word History

Etymology

Greek ethnarchia office of ethnarch, from ethnarchēs ethnarch + -ia -y

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above

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