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Definition of Pentarchy

Pentarchy
Pentarchy Pen"tar*chy, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. 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.

Meaning of Pentarchy from wikipedia

- Pentarchy (from Ancient Gr**** Πενταρχία (Pentarchía), from πέντε (pénte) 'five' and ἄρχειν (archein) 'to rule') was a model of Church organization formulated...
- Look up pentarchy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pentarchy is a term in the history of Christianity for the idea of universal rule over all of Christendom...
- The Maratha Confederacy, also referred to as the Maratha Empire, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the...
- government led by a five-man coalition, known as the Pentarchy of 1933. After only five days, the Pentarchy gave way to the presidency of Ramón Grau, whose...
- Pentarchy of 1933, formally known as the Executive Commission of the Provisional Government of Cuba, was a coalition that ruled Cuba from September 5...
- 5th century. Eventually, together, these five were recognised as the pentarchy by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. In the rest of the history of Christianity...
- with the rank of colonel, and effectively controlled the five-member "pentarchy" that functioned as the collective head of state. He maintained control...
- Orthodox Christian traditions. Within the five apostolic sees of the Pentarchy, the e****enical patriarch is regarded as the successor of Andrew the Apostle...
- Kilisesi) was the first of the five major churches of what later became the pentarchy in Christianity, with its primary seat in the ancient Gr**** city of Antioch...
- tales of the Ulster Cycle where it refers to the five kingdoms of the "Pentarchy". MacNeill enumerates the five earliest fifths mentioned, these comprising...