(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:53:44

Pen"tar*chy (?), n. [Gr. : cf. F. pentarchie. See Penta-, and -archy.]

A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.

P. Fletcher. "The pentarchy of the senses." A. Brewer.

 

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