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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Tetrarch | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for Tetrarch | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tetrarch \Te"trarch\, n. [L. tetrarches, Gr. [?], [?]; te`tra- (see {Tetra-}) + [?] a ruler, [?] to lead; rule: cf. F. t[82]trarque. See {Arch}, a.] (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tetrarch \Te"trarch\, a. Four. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Tetrarch strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were the first tetrarchs in Palestine. Herod the tetrarch had the title of king (Matt. 14:9). | |
| From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
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Tetrarch, governor of a fourth part | |
