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tetrarch |
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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