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Definitions of pentarchy in various dictionaries:
Government by five rulers.
A body of five joint rulers.
An association or federation of five governments, each ruled by a different leader.
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Government by five persons |
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Dec 29 2002 The Telegraph - Quick |
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Government by five rulers. |
A body of five joint rulers. |
An association or federation of five governments, each ruled by a different leader. |
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Pentarchy (from the Greek , pentarchía, from pénte, "five", and archein, "to rule") is a model of Church organization historically championed in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It found its fullest expression in the laws of Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire. In the model, the Christian church is governed by the heads (patriarchs) of the five major episcopal sees of the Roman Empire: Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem.The idea came about because of the political and ecclesiastical prominence of these five sees, but the concept of their universal and exclusive authority was firmly tied to the administrative structure of the Roman Empire. The pentarchy was first legally expressed in the legislation of Emperor Justinian I (527565), particularly in Novella 131. The Quinisext Council of 692 gave it formal recognition and ranked the sees in order of preeminence. Especially following Quinisext, the pentarchy was at least philosophically accepted in Eastern Orthod |