taxiarch

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The "taxeis" are each under a tribal-colonel ("taxiarch"), and each company under its captain ("locharch").

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  1. An ancient Greek military officer commanding a company or battalion, or more usually a larger division of an army, as a cohort or a brigade. In the Greek Church, St. Michael is commonly called “the Taxiarch” as the captain of the celestial armies.

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  • The "taxeis" are each under a tribal-colonel ("taxiarch"), and each company under its captain ("locharch"). —  A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
  • [618] The taxiarch had the command of 128 men; the strategus had the direction of an army. —  The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
  • (7) Or, "brigadier or captain," lit. taxiarch or lochagos. —  The Memorabilia
  • taxiarch or lochagos Then the young man: He began where he ended; he taught me tactics (8)--tactics and nothing else 8) Cf. —  The Memorabilia
  • The most serious is this, that the woman, who has given birth to a useful citizen, whether taxiarch or strategus [618] should receive some distinction; a place of honour should be reserved for her at the Sthenia, the Scirophoria, [619] and the other festivals that we keep. —  The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
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  1. from Greek ταξίαρχος, ταξιάρχης, from τάξις, a division of an army, order (see taxis), + ἀρχειν, rule.
 

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