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syntagmatarchies

syntagmatarchies is the plural of syntagmatarchy.

Meaning of syntagmatarchy

Noun

syntagmatarchy (plural syntagmatarchies)

  1. (Ancient-Greek, rare) A square formation of 256 soldiers arranged into sixteen files, sixteen ranks deep, led by a syntagmatarch; a syntagma.
    • Two Taxiarchies, which were ſixteen Files, made a Syntagmatarchy of two hundred fifty ſix men; its Commander Syntagmatarcha was our private Captain. This Company was a ſquare of men, ſixteen in Rank and ſixteen in File, and whatever way you turn’d it, ſtill ſixteen. […¶] Two Syntagmatarchies...1670–1, Sir James Turner, Pallas Armata (1968), chapter v, page 13

Questions about syntagmatarchies

What is syntagmatarchies the plural of?
Syntagmatarchies is the plural of syntagmatarchy.

Words near syntagmatarchies in the dictionary

  1. syntactocentrism
  2. syntagm
  3. syntagma
  4. syntagmas
  5. syntagmata
  6. syntagmatarchies
  7. syntagmatarchy
  8. syntagmatic
  9. syntagmatically
  10. syntagmatite
  11. syntagmatites

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