rare. [ad. Gr. συναρχία, f. συνάρχειν to rule jointly.] Joint rule or sovereignty; participation in government: see quots.
1732. Stackhouse, Hist. Bible, VI. iii. (1752), 864, note. The Synarchies, or joint Reigns of Father and Son … have render’d the Chronology a little difficult.
1839. F. Lieber, Political Ethics, II. xii. 385. Hamarchy, then, signifies something entirely different from the ancient synarchy, which merely denoted a government in which the people had a share together with the rulers proper.
