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Definition of Toparchy
1. n. 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.
Definition of Toparchy
1. Noun. A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toparchy
1. the territory of a toparch [n TOPARCHIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toparchy
Literary usage of Toparchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical by James Norris Brewer (1826)
"In the garden is still to be seen the rock, or stone, upon which the chiefs of
this line were inaugurated, on acceding to the toparchy. ..."
2. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1843)
"As Lydda was the head of ite own toparchy in the plain, ... that the latter
toparchy lay wholly eastward of the former ; at least there is a moral ..."
3. Bibliotheca Sacra, Or, Tracts and Essays on Topics Connected with Biblical by Edward Robinson (1843)
"South of the Tham- nitic toparchy was that of Emmaus; while Joppa and Jamnia had
jurisdiction ... As Lydda was the head of ite own toparchy in the plain, ..."
4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1893)
"Like the two preceding ones, this toparchy for a long time belonged to Samaria.
... 30, as the place where Joshua was buried. * The toparchy of ..."
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