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Definition of: pentarchy
(pen′tär·kē) noun plural ·chies
1. A government administered by five joint rulers; also, a group of five such rulers.
2. An association of five kingdoms, each ruled separately. [<Gk. pentarchia <pente fìve + archein rule]
—pen·tar′chi·cal adjective
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