'Tetrarch' definitions:

Definition of 'Tetrarch'

From: GCIDE
  • Tetrarch \Te"trarch\, n. [L. tetrarches, Gr. ?, ?; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + ? a ruler, ? to lead; rule: cf. F. t['e]trarque. See Arch, a.] (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tetrarch'

From: GCIDE
  • Tetrarch \Te"trarch\, a. Four. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'tetrarch'

From: Easton
  • Tetrarch strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were the first tetrarchs in Palestine. Herod the tetrarch had the title of king (Matt. 14:9).

Definition of 'tetrarch'

From: Hitchcock
  • Tetrarch, governor of a fourth part

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