Satrapy Definition

sātrə-pē, -trăpē, sătrə-pē
satrapies
noun
The government, authority, or province of a satrap.
Webster's New World
A nation, state, territory, or area controlled as if by a satrap.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Satrapy

Noun

Singular:
satrapy
Plural:
satrapies

Satrapy Sentence Examples

  • The annual tribute imposed on the satrapy of Egypt and Cyrene was heavy, but it was probably raised with ease.

  • Each satrapy was again subdivided into several minor governorships.

  • At the second partition, at Triparadisus (321), Seleucus was given the government of the Babylonian satrapy.

  • In the battle of Gaugamela (1st of October 331) he commanded the troops of his satrapy.

  • Cyrus, recalled to Susa by the illness of Darius, left him in entire control of his satrapy.

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