Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The governor of a district or toparchy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.
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- noun The
ruler of aplace orcountry ; thegovernor of atoparchy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is, indeed, believed that, in the time of Tiberius, there was a toparch of Edessa who had passed from the service of the Persians into that of the Romans, but his epistolary correspondence has been considered by all good critics as a chimera.
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He was doubtful whether Mr. EDMUND DE VALERA would consent to be a toparch under Danish suzerainty.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 Various 1898
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The toparch, Turlogh O'Connor, was the friend of O'Rourke, and forced Dermod to make restitution, but the husband and lover, of course, remained bitter enemies; and when O'Connor died, the new chieftain,
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The king, who is severely ill, writes thus “Abgar, toparch of Edessa, to Jesus the excellent Saviour, who has appeared in the country of Jerusalem; greeting.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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