Middle English Dictionary Entry
tetrarchīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tetrarchīe n. |
| Etymology | L tetrarchia; also cp. OF tetrarchie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One of four divisions of a kingdom or province; the office of a governor of a tetrarchy.
Associated quotations
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.137 : This same Herodes..did also occupie..The grete estat callid Tetrarchie In too kyngdames..Of Traconytides, Iturye eek also.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.291 : Octouian themperour..ȝafe to Archelaus the halfe parte of the Iewery, and Ydumea, in the name of a tetrarchye [L tetrarchiæ].