Definition of Toparchy. Meaning of Toparchy. Synonyms of Toparchy

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Definition of Toparchy

Toparchy
Toparchy To"parch*y, n.; pl. Toparchies. [L. toparchia, Gr. ?. See Toparch.] A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. --Fuller.

Meaning of Toparchy from wikipedia

- nomarchēs for the nomos and the komarchēs for each komē. In an account, the toparchies constituted the hyparchies such as Gaulanitis, Galilea, Samaria, Judea...
- Costobarus, governor of Idumea. She was a nominal queen regnant of the toparchy of Iamnia, Azotus, Phasaelis from 4 BCE. She first married Joseph I (uncle...
- was no longer a toparchy in its own right following the First Jewish-Roman War and had instead become a village inside the toparchy of Jericho. Ein Gedi...
- east of the Jordan River; and Herod's sister Salome I, who was given a toparchy including the cities of Jabneh, Ashdod, and Fasayil (Phasaelis). Herod...
- Wars of the Jews (ed. William Whiston, A.M.) book 3, section 48, places a toparchy called Acrabbene at the border between Samaria and Judea, as the southernmost...
- ****igned to John the Essene (or Essaean), who was placed in charge of the toparchy of Thamna. This region encomp****ed Lydda, Joppa, and Emmaus. Josephus and...
- called Pella during the Macedonian occupation Pella, name of town and toparchy in Roman Judaea, usually identified with Bayt Nattif Pella, Piedmont, muni****lity...
- wealthy people in the district of Acrabbene: But as for the Acrabbene toparchy, Simon, the son of Gioras, which means "The Strong", got a great number...
- other cities that were inferior to it, they presided over their several toparchies; Gophna was the second of those cities, and next to that Acrabatta, after...
- Egypt, in the Mendesian nome. It was capital of the eponymous Phernouphite toparchy. It was located at the site of Barnufa, which was a hod or irrigation basin...