(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:51:08

To"parch*y (?), n.; pl. Toparchies (#). [L. toparchia, Gr. . See Toparch.]

A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.

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