triarchy

triarchy
/truy"ahr kee/, n., pl. triarchies.
1. government by three persons.
2. a set of three joint rulers; a triumvirate.
3. a country divided into three governments.
4. a group of three countries or districts, each under its own ruler.
[1595-1605; < Gk triarchía triumvirate. See TRI-, -ARCHY]

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