trierarchy
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tri·er·ar·chy

noun \-ˌrär-kē\

Definition of TRIERARCHY

: the ancient Athenian plan whereby individual citizens furnished and maintained triremes as a civic duty

First Known Use of TRIERARCHY

circa 1837

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