hecatontarchy

English

Alternative forms

• hecatarchy

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἑκατονταρχία (hekatontarkhía), from ἑκατον (hekaton, “hundred”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”).

Noun

hecatontarchy (plural hecatarchies)

1. A government of 100 rulers.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:government

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:government

References

• "hecatontarchy, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.