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- Ancient Greek · derived fromδεκαρχία
- English todaydecarchy
From Ancient Greek δεκαρχία (dekarkhía), from δεκα- (deka-, “deca-: ten”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”). Equivalent to dec- + -archy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men Full definition →