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tetrarchic

tetrarchic adjective: of or related to a tetrarchy, particularly (historical) the era of Diocletian and his three coemperors in Late Antiquity.

Adjective

tetrarchic (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to a tetrarchy, particularly (historical) the era of Diocletian and his three coemperors in Late Antiquity.
    • Tetrarchic rulers were shown wearing them on large gold medallions issued to commemorate their consulships, vicennalias and decennalias.2016, Carol Shaw, The Development of Early Imperial Dress from the Tetrarchs to the Herakleian Dynasty

Forms of tetrarchic

alternative formTetrarchic

Origin of tetrarchic

From tetrarchy + -ic.

Questions about tetrarchic

What does tetrarchic mean?
Tetrarchic means of or related to a tetrarchy, particularly (historical) the era of Diocletian and his three coemperors in Late Antiquity.
What part of speech is tetrarchic?
Tetrarchic is an adjective.

Words near tetrarchic in the dictionary

  1. tetraradical
  2. tetraradicals
  3. tetrarch
  4. tetrarchate
  5. tetrarchates
  6. tetrarchic
  7. tetrarchical
  8. tetrarchies
  9. tetrarchs
  10. tetrarchy
  11. tetraribonucleotide

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