Definition of Pachas

1. pacha [n] - See also: pacha

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pachas

paces
pacesetter
pacesetters
pacesetting
paceth
pacey
pacha
pachadom
pachadoms
pachak
pachaks
pachalic
pachalics
pachamanca
pachamancas
pachas (current term)
pachinko
pachinkos
pachisi
pachisis
pachnolite
pachometer
pachonta
pachouli
pachoulis
pachuco
pachucos
pachy-
pachyblepharon
pachycarpous

Literary usage of Pachas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Modern Greece, from Its Conquest by the Romans B.C.146, to by James Emerson Tennent (1845)
"f- compelled the pachas to active and determined vigilance in the collection of their dues; ... In their own dominion the power of the pachas was absolute, ..."

2. History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of by Archibald Alison (1854)
"Independent position of the larger pachas, and consequent weakness of the central ... The pachas, especially the more distant and powerful ones, are often, ..."

3. History of the Ottoman Turks: From the Beginning of Their Empire to the by Edward Shepherd Creasy (1878)
"... to time to purchase his reappointment from the venal ministers of the Imperial Divan. Twenty-two of the Livas were held by pachas on life-appointments. ..."

4. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest, with by William Smith (1855)
"Efforts of the Turks to recover the Peloponnesus. Peace of Passaro- witz. § 7. Turkish Organization of Greece. Extortions of the pachas. Taxes. Ha- ratch. ..."

5. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The divan was formerly composed of six pachas; but Selim III. changed its ... The pachas who are governors of provinces, by a strange mixture of powers, ..."

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