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toparch

/ˈtɒpɑːk/

toparch noun: the prince or ruler of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty "king".

Noun (1)

toparch (plural toparchs)

  1. The prince or ruler of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty "king".
    • [B]y those many kings mentioned in the Old Testament, "thirty and one" in the little land of Canaan, (Joshua xii. 24,) is meant only toparchs, not great kings, but lords of a little dition and dominion; […]1640, Thomas Fuller, “A Comment on 1 Cor. XI. 18, &c.”, in Ioseph’s Partie-coloured Coat: Containing, a Comment on Part of the II. Chapter of the I. Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians. […]...
    • Toparks, Kings of Cities or narrow territories, such as were the Kings of Sodome and Gomorrah, the Kings of Jericho and Ai.1646, Thomas Browne, chapter VIII, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 7th book, page 353

Noun (2) capitalized: Toparch

Toparch (plural Toparchs)

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete form of toparch.

Forms of toparch

pluraltoparchs
alternative formToparch
alternative formtopark
pluralToparchs

Origin of toparch

From the Ancient Greek τοπάρχης (topárkhēs, “ruler of a small district”), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”). Compare the Latin toparcha and French toparque.

Words formed from toparch

Questions about toparch

What does toparch mean?
Toparch means the prince or ruler of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty "king".
What part of speech is toparch?
Toparch is a noun.
How do you pronounce toparch?
Toparch is pronounced /ˈtɒpɑːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of toparch?
The plural of toparch is toparchs.

Words near toparch in the dictionary

  1. Topanga
  2. Topangan
  3. Topangans
  4. topaquinone
  5. topaquinones
  6. toparch
  7. toparchia
  8. toparchiai
  9. toparchias
  10. toparchic
  11. toparchical

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