toparchy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒpɑː(ɹ)ki/, /ˈtɒpə(ɹ)ki/

Noun

toparchy (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.

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

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