chiliarchy
(ˈkɪlɪɑːkɪ)
[ad. Gr. χιλιαρχία: cf. monarchy, heptarchy, etc.]
† 1. Government by a thousand rulers. Obs. rare.
| 1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 18 Not an heptarchy, but a chiliarchy, or myriarchy might follow. |
† 2. A body of a thousand men. Obs. (So in Gr.)
| 1660 H. More Myst. Godl. 195 The Chiliarchies also, or Regiments, as I may so call them, of the Lamb, being summed up in this number. 1685 ― Para. Prophet. 358. |
3. The post of chiliarch.
| 1840 Thirlwall Greece VII. lvi. 129 The chiliarchy which had been assigned to himself. |