Meaning of toparch | Babel Free

Definitions

The prince or ruler of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty "king".

Examples

“[B]y those many kings mentioned in the Old Testament, "thirty and one" in the little land of Canaan, (Joshua xii. 24,) is meant only toparchs, not great kings, but lords of a little dition and dominion; […]”

“Toparks, Kings of Cities or narrow territories, such as were the Kings of Sodome and Gomorrah, the Kings of Jericho and Ai.”

“About the same time […] flourished Cadocus, abbot of Llancarvan in Glamorganshire, son of the prince and toparch of that country.”

“The toparchs of India and Ethiopia.”

“The top-arch, Turlogh O’Connor, was the friend of O’Rourke.”

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