duarchy

[ doo-ahr-kee, dyoo- ]

noun

, plural du·ar·chies.

1. a government or form of government in which power is vested equally in two rulers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of duarchy¹

1580–90; < Latin du ( o ) two + -archy

Example Sentences

In effect, diplomats say, the Khalid-Fahd "duarchy" in Saudi Arabia has been replaced by a Fahd-Abdullah team.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1868, after revolution and restoration, the old order changed, and duarchy and feudalism passed away.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: dual, duality, double, dualism, duplex, duplicate, duplication, bifarious, binary, dimidiate, dimidiation, duet, dialogue, duarchy, bisect, bisection, halve. two bodies.

From Project Gutenberg

How long a time was required for this primal integration, under a patriarchal monarchy, we cannot know; but we have learned that the later integration, under a duarchy, occupied considerably more than a thousand years….

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