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dodecarchy

dodecarchy noun: a government of twelve people.

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

Synonyms of dodecarchy

Forms of dodecarchy

pluraldodecarchies

Origin of dodecarchy

From dodec- + -archy, after the pattern of heptarchy, etc.

Questions about dodecarchy

What does dodecarchy mean?
Dodecarchy means a government of twelve people.
What part of speech is dodecarchy?
Dodecarchy is a noun.
What is the plural of dodecarchy?
The plural of dodecarchy is dodecarchies.

Words near dodecarchy in the dictionary

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

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