Dodecarchy Definition
noun
(uncountable) Government by a group of twelve people.
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(countable) Such a group of twelve people.
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Noun
Singular:
dodecarchy
Plural:
dodecarchiesOrigin of Dodecarchy
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Formed by regular alteration of dodecarch on the pattern of decarchy and other -archy terms (equivalent to the Ancient Greek -άρχης (-arkhēs) → -αρχία (-arkhia) rule); compare the Modern Greek δωδεκαρχία (dodekarchía, “unit of twelve men in the Greek army during 1828–9”); equivalent to dodec- + -archy.
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