ethnarchy

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A population and area of land governed by a single ruler, called an ethnarch, and in which the population is of homogeneous ethnicity and the political unit is of insufficient size to be considered a kingdom or nation.

Similar words

ethnikon ethnarch ethnoarcheology exarchy ethnoarchaeology chieftaindom aristarchy exarchate anthropochore eirenarch

Often followed by

council of and