Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A subordinate ruler.
- noun One of four joint rulers.
- noun A governor of one of four divisions of a country or province, especially in the ancient Roman Empire.
- noun The commander of a subdivision of a phalanx in ancient Greece.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Roman empire, the ruler of the fourth part of a country or province in the East; a viceroy; a subordinate ruler.
- noun The commander of a subdivision of a Greek phalanx.
- Four principal or chief.
- In botany, having four centripetally developed xylem plates: said of some radial vascular cylinders.
- noun A stele which has four plerome strands.
- noun One of any group of rulers or chiefs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign.
- adjective obsolete Four.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
governor of part of acountry , especially of a fourth part of aprovince in ancientRome - noun an
officer in charge of a fourth part of aphalanx in ancientGreece
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The title tetrarch literally denotes one who rules over a fourth part of any country.
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The word tetrarch properly denotes one who presides over a fourth part of a country or province; but it also came to be a general title, denoting one who reigned over any part -- a, third, a half, &c. In this case Herod had a third of the dominions of his father, but he was called tetrarch.
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Herod Antipas is distinctively called the tetrarch in Matt.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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Matt. and Luke he is correctly called by the title of "tetrarch," which only implies governorship of a portion of a country.
The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902
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"tetrarch" is an obscure term for the modern reader, governor captures the meaning better than king
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] ChrisBo 2010
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"tetrarch" is an obscure term for the modern reader, governor captures the meaning better than king
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"tetrarch" is an obscure term for the modern reader, governor captures the meaning better than king
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"tetrarch" is an obscure term for the modern reader, governor captures the meaning better than king
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"tetrarch" is an obscure term for the modern reader, governor captures the meaning better than king
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"tetrarch" is an obscure term for the modern reader, governor captures the meaning better than king
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