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tetrarch
[ te-trahrk, tee- ]
noun
- any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
- a subordinate ruler.
- one of four joint rulers or chiefs.
- the ruler of the fourth part of a country or province in the ancient Roman Empire.
tetrarch
/ -k瑟t; t蓻藞tr蓱藧藢ke瑟t; 藞t蓻tr蓱藧k /
noun
- the ruler of one fourth of a country
- a subordinate ruler, esp of Syria under the Roman Empire
- the commander of one of the smaller subdivisions of a Macedonian phalanx
- any of four joint rulers
Derived Forms
- 迟别藞迟谤补谤肠丑颈肠, adjective
- tetrarchate, noun
- 藞迟别迟谤补谤肠丑测, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 迟别路迟谤补谤路肠丑测 迟别路迟谤补谤肠丑路补迟别 [te, -trahr-keyt, -kit, tee, -], noun
- 迟别路迟谤补谤路肠丑颈肠 [te-, trahr, -kik, ti-], 迟别路迟谤补谤路肠丑颈路肠补濒 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of tetrarch1
Example Sentences
鈥淚 felt the towrope go, because once it drops it鈥檚 like you hit a brick wall. I couldn鈥檛 move, I just hung on, and that鈥檚 how I landed in Normandy, spread-eagled on top of a Tetrarch tank.鈥
Writing at the end of the first century, the Jewish historian Josephus described how the small fishing village of Bethsaida became a Greco-Roman city, or polis, during the reign of Philip the Tetrarch in 30 A.D.
The husky-voiced German tenor Gerhard A. Siegel was almost endearing as Herod, the tetrarch of Judea, Herodias鈥檚 husband, who is nearly undone by his yearning for his stepdaughter.
Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great by the Samaritan Malthace, and full brother of Archelaus, received as his share of his father鈥檚 dominions the provinces of Galilee and Peraea, with the title of tetrarch.
Antony had made him tetrarch, and now with the assent of Octavian persuaded the Senate to declare him king of Judaea.
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