4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tetrarch  \Te"trarch\,  a. 
  Four  [Obs.]  --Fuller. 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [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). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Tetrarch,  governor  of  a  fourth  part 
 

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