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toparch

/ ˈ³ÙÉ’±èÉ‘Ë°ì /

noun

  1. the ruler of a small state or realm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù´Ç±è²¹°ù³¦³ó²â, noun
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Origin of toparch1

C17: from Greek ³Ù´Ç±è²¹°ù³¦³óŧ²õ, from topos a place + -arch
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The great toparch of the territory was the MacWilliam Burke, as the Irish called the head of the de Burgos, descended from William FitzAdelm de Burgo, conqueror of Connaught, and therein commonly called William Conquer—of whom the Marquis of Clanricarde is the present lineal representative; being to Connaught even still somewhat as the MacCallummore is to Argyle, more especially when he happens to be in the cabinet, and to have the patronage of the post-office.

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Toparch, tÅ′p�rk, n. the ruler or principal man in a place: the governor of a toparchy.—n.

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Each district was deemed the common property of the entire sept; but the distribution of the several shares was entrusted to the toparch....

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He was doubtful whether Mr. Edmund de Valera would consent to be a toparch under Danish suzerainty.

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There is a second Gospel of Nicodemus, varying on some points from the one quoted above, which assumes to be "compiled by a Jew, named Aeneas; translated from the Hebrew tongue into the Greek, by Nicodemus, a Roman Toparch."

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