Definition of Diarchy

1. Noun. A form of government having two joint rulers.

Exact synonyms: Dyarchy
Generic synonyms: Form Of Government, Political System

Definition of Diarchy

1. n. A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.

Definition of Diarchy

1. Noun. A form of government where power is shared between two joint authorities. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diarchy

1. a government with two rulers [n -CHIES] : DIARCHIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diarchy

diapnoic
diapolycopene
diapophyses
diapophysical
diapophysis
diapositive
diapositives
diapsid
diapsid reptile
diapsids
diapycnal
diarch
diarchal
diarchic
diarchies
diarchy (current term)
diareses
diaresis
diarginate
diarial
diarian
diaries
diarise
diarised
diarises
diarising
diarist
diaristic
diaristically
diarists

Literary usage of Diarchy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"But even this was not peculiar to Sparta : the legends of Thebes, as well as numerous instances in the catalogue of the Iliad, seem to prove that a diarchy, ..."

2. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"But even this was not peculiar to Sparta: the legends of Thebes, as well as numerous instances in the catalogue of the Iliad, seem to prove that a diarchy, ..."

3. The history of Pyrrhus by Jacob Abbott (1853)
"To express this extraordinary system of government, it has sometimes been said that Sparta, though governed by kings, was not a monarchy, but a diarchy. ..."

4. The Military Annals of Greece from the Earliest Time to the Beginning of the by William Lamartine Snyder (1915)
"About this time was established in Sparta, the diarchy, or dual kingship, ... The diarchy was supposed to have arisen from the fact that the queen of King ..."

5. A Manual of Grecian Antiquities by Charles Anthon (1852)
"Such was the national legend; but aa we read that the sanction of the Pythian oracle was procured for the arrangement of the diarchy, we may conclude ..."

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