pentarchy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Government by five persons.
noun
noun
A federation of five nations, each under its own government or ruler.
name
A model of Church organization historically championed in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Etymology
From Late Latin pentarchia, from Ancient Greek πενταρχίᾱ (pentarkhíā), from πεντα- (penta-, “penta-, five”) + -αρχίᾱ (-arkhíā, “-archy, rule”), perhaps via Middle French pentarchie. Equivalent to pent- + -archy.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
pentarchies (plural)
the Pentarchy (canonical)