toparchy

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/ˈtɒpɑː(ɹ)ki//ˈtɒpə(ɹ)ki/

noun

A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.

“Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.”

OriginLatin toparchia ← Ancient Greek τοπαρχία →
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Meanings

nountoparchy (plural toparchies)

plural toparchies

  1. A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.

    Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.

    1 more example

    confining the monarchy of Christ in the Gospel unto their own toparchy, and having a quarrel to the words in the Creed

    1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτοπαρχία
  2. Latintoparchia
  3. Englishtoparchy

From Latin toparchia, from Ancient Greek τοπαρχία (toparkhía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”).

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APA

toparchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toparchy

MLA

“toparchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toparchy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toparchy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toparchy.

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