Obs. rare. [f. Gr. τρίτ-ος third + -αρχία government.] Rule or government by three persons: irregularly used for TRIARCHY 2.

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1647.  M. Hudson, Div. Right Govt., II. iv. 96. Intestine and bloody dissentions … created by the Tritarchie of Simon, Iohn, and Eleazer.

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