pentarchy
Rule by five
Pentarchy refers to a government or system ruled by five people or powers.
Historically, it most often describes the five major patriarchates of early Christianity—Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem—which collectively governed the church.
More broadly, any ruling group of five: The concert of Europe formed a pentarchy of great powers.
Chief bishop's office or realm
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- RomeItaly's capital city
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- AntiochAncient capital of Syria
Jerusalem · patriarch · Byzantine · Ephesus · Justinian · Christianity · canonical · episcopal
Measuring straightedges; sovereigns
- eliteSuperior select group
- powerbrokersThose controlling political outcomes
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- cabalScheming political faction
aristocracy · plutocracy · junta · council · directorate · triumvirate · diarchy · autocracy
Supreme independent authority
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regimeSystem of governance
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
statecraft · rule · dominion · supremacy · federalism · confederation · commonwealth · polity
Temporary alliance for action
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- unionJoining into one
league · consortium · partnership · bloc · entente · cooperation · collaboration · axis
patriarchate
Chief bishop's office or realm
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- RomeItaly's capital city
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
Antioch · Jerusalem · patriarch · Byzantine · Ephesus · Justinian · Christianity · canonical · episcopal · apostolic
rulers
Measuring straightedges; sovereigns
- eliteSuperior select group
- powerbrokersThose controlling political outcomes
- hegemonyDominant group's control
cabal · aristocracy · plutocracy · junta · council · directorate · triumvirate · diarchy · autocracy · despotism
five
Four plus one
quintet · fifth · pentagon · pentagram · quintessence
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regimeSystem of governance
administration · statecraft · rule · dominion · supremacy · federalism · confederation · commonwealth · polity · constitutionalism
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
union · league · consortium · partnership · bloc · entente · cooperation · collaboration · axis · alignment
- penta- wordspentagon, pentagram, pentathlon, pentameter, Pentecost
- Eastern ChristianityEastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Orthodox Christianity, Greek Orthodoxy
- Orthodox historyGreat Schism, Constantinople, Nicene Creed, Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia
- canon lawchurch law, canonist, tribunal, canons, church court
pentarchymonarchy
Rule by crowned sovereign
monocracy · autocracy · triumvirate · triarchy · duumvirate
pentarchymonarchy
Rule by crowned sovereign
autocracy · absolute monarchy · dictatorship · tyranny · despotism