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Definition of Pentarchies
1. pentarchy [n] - See also: pentarchy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentarchies
Literary usage of Pentarchies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Politics of Aristotle by Aristotle, James Edward Cowell Welldon (1912)
"But there is an oligarchical element in the power of cooption enjoyed by the
pentarchies, which are boards of high and various authority, in their right of ..."
2. Greece: II. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens by George Grote (1899)
"He mentions two Councils, one of one hundred members, the other of one hundred
and four; and certain Boards of Five, — the pentarchies. ..."
3. Historical Researches Into the Politics, Intercourse, and Trade of the by Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren (1857)
"58,) when they left the pentarchies, they became members of the ... 58,) that
when persons left the pentarchies they entered into the ..."
4. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"Another body of 104 members, often spoken of as "the Hundred," had come into
existence, elected originally by boards of five or pentarchies. ..."
5. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"He compares the Council of one hundred and four to the Spartan Ephors; yet again
he talks of the pentarchies as invested with extensive functions, ..."
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