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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Kritarchy

/(krī"tärk*y̆)/ · Kri·tarch·y · IPA
01 n. The rule of the judges over Israel.
  1. 1.
    The rule of the judges over Israel.
    “Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and other heroes of the kritarchy.” Southey.