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Definition of Chiliarchs
1. chiliarch [n] - See also: chiliarch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiliarchs
Literary usage of Chiliarchs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Old Testament commentary for English readers, by various writers, ed. by edited by Charles John Ellicott (1883)
"Bather, And Hadad died, and there were (or arose) chiliarchs of Edom, ...
43 indicates: " These are the chiliarchs of Edom, after their seats, ..."
2. Roman Law and History in the New Testament by Septimus Buss (1901)
"There are, first, the chiliarchs of Herod ... chiliarchs. S. Mark, in his narrative
of the death of John the Baptist, represents the daughter of Herodias ..."
3. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"There ar& then between the chiliarchs or colonels and the ... After the chiliarchs,
which in no troop can amount to ten, there* is the chief or head of each ..."
4. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"The chiliarchs or colonels, and the other officers of these regiments, were named
by the president. Paymasters were also appointed, and a regular ..."
5. The History of Greece from Its Commencement to the Close of the Independence by Adolf Holm (1907)
"Alexander's chiliarchs were also military commanders, but one of them was
Hephaestion, and his successor was Perdiccas, who afterwards became regent of the ..."
6. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"It remains to give a brief outline of the history of the doctrine of the
Insurrection, as it has been leid in the Christian Church. The chiliarchs and ..."