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dodecarchies

dodecarchies is the plural of dodecarchy.

Meaning of dodecarchy

Noun

dodecarchy (countable and uncountable, plural dodecarchies)

  1. A government of twelve people.
    • And this dodecarchy may have lasted much longer than is stated by Herodotus; the immense labyrinth on Lake Moeris, the building of which is ascribed to it, is a proof of this, or else we must deny that it was erected during the dodecarchy.1852, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Marcus von Niebuhr, Lectures on Ancient History, page 105
    Synonyms:
    government

Questions about dodecarchies

What is dodecarchies the plural of?
Dodecarchies is the plural of dodecarchy.

Words near dodecarchies in the dictionary

  1. dodecaploidization
  2. dodecaploidizations
  3. dodecaploids
  4. dodecapolis
  5. dodecarch
  6. dodecarchies
  7. dodecarchs
  8. dodecarchy
  9. dodecarhenium
  10. dodecasaccharide
  11. dodecasaccharides

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