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Webster 1913 Edition

Pentarchy

Pen′tar-chy

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

pentarchie

. See

, and

.]

A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.

P. Fletcher.

“The pentarchy of the senses.”

A. Brewer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pentarchy

PEN'TARCHY

,

Noun.

[Gr. five, and rule.]

A government in the hands of five persons.