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Webster 1913 Edition

Kritarchy

Kri′tarch-y

(krī′tärk-y̆)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

κριτήσ

judge +

ἀρχή

beginning, government.]

The rule of the judges over Israel.

Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the

kritarchy

.

Southey.