adj
Of or befitting an acropolis, especially in lofty glory and in the capacity to inspire awe; compare Acropolitan.
n
(countable) Abbreviation of archipelago. [(now rare) The Aegean Sea.]
adj
Of or relating to Bucknell University.
adj
Of or pertaining to a cenobite
n
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
n
(Roman history) A city and its territory
n
A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.
adj
Relating to, or pertaining to, diarchy or a diarchy system
adj
Of, or relating to a diarchy or diarchal system
n
A group or confederation of twelve cities.
n
A member of a group of twelve rulers
n
(historical fiction) One of the legendary "twelve peers" or renowned warriors of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Romans from 800 to 814.
n
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
adj
Alternative spelling of diarchal [Relating to, or pertaining to, diarchy or a diarchy system]
adj
Relating to an exilarch or exilarchy.
n
(Ancient Rome, politics, religion, historical) A fetial.
n
The system of fraternities and sororities in North American colleges.
adj
Alternative form of heptarchic [Of or pertaining to a heptarchy.]
n
A group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
adj
Relating to a hierarch.
adv
Of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy
n
(historical) Any one of several temporary alliances between Christian countries of (especially mediaeval) Europe, formed for some specific objective of ostensible benefit to Christianity.
n
A city or region characterized by its knowledge and ideas.
adj
Relating to kyriarchy.
n
(historical, ecclesiastical, derogatory) The Second Council of Ephesus.
n
(historical) In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.
adj
Of, or relating to monarchy or to a monarch.
n
A group of eight states.
adj
Of or relating to a pentacle.
adj
Relating to a pentapolis
adj
Relating to a pentarchy or a pentarch
n
A governing body consisting of five persons.
adj
Pertaining to or located in penturbia.
n
(historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
n
(informal) The Phi Beta Kappa Society.
n
(rare) A state of many rulers, many leaders.
n
(historical) The general's tent in an Ancient Roman camp.
adj
Leading to the formation of a dynasty; applied to a process of political unification in Ancient Egypt that culminated in the formation of a single state to begin the Early Dynastic Period.
adj
(law, historical) Belonging to the Quirites, or citizens of early Rome; applied to the right of mancipatio granted to these people.
adj
Of or relating to seismonasty.
n
(Mormonism) A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.
n
(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of six officials.
adj
Of or pertaining to a shogun.
n
Synonym of Lords Spiritual
adj
Of or pertaining to squirearchy.
n
(Ancient Greek military historical, very rare) A square formation of 256 soldiers arranged into sixteen files, sixteen ranks deep, led by a syntagmatarch; a syntagma.
adj
Relating to a tetrapolis, or group of four towns; applied to the Tetrapolitan Confession.
n
Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.
n
(historical, Roman antiquity) A tetrarchy.
adj
Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy.
n
(politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrarchy of Diocletian which ruled the Roman Empire in the years 293-313.
n
(UK, Ireland) A town in the British and Ireland that is a member of the Transition Towns movement and is striving to develop a higher standard of living and an environmentally friendly future.
n
(military, historical of Ancient Rome) A veteran hoplite placed in the third rank in the early Roman military.
adj
Of or pertaining to tribunes.
n
An elected official in Ancient Rome.
adj
(Ancient Rome) Pertaining to a Roman tribune.
n
The highest rank and pay grade for prefectures in Ancient Rome
adj
Relating to trierarchs or trierarchy.
n
A system in Ancient Greece whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs.
adj
(sometimes capitalised) Of or pertaining to unionism (in any sense).
n
the study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican
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