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toparch
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
TOPARCHnoun
The principal man in a place.
Etymology: τόπος and αρχὴ.
They are not to be conceived potent monarchs, but toparchs, or kings of narrow territories. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err.
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toparch
Toparchēs (Greek: τοπάρχης, "place-ruler"), anglicized as toparch, is a Greek term for a governor or ruler of a district and was later applied to the territory where the toparch exercised his authority. In Byzantine times, the term came to be applied to independent or semi-independent rulers in the periphery of the Byzantine world.
Webster Dictionary
Toparchnoun
the ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Toparch
tō′pärk, n. the ruler or principal man in a place: the governor of a toparchy.—n. Tō′parchy, a small state or government consisting of only a few cities: command in a small state or subdivision of a country. [Gr. toparchēs—topos, a place, archein, to rule—archē, beginning.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of toparch in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of toparch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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