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A small state or district consisting of a few cities or towns.

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  • Finally, the Emmaus of the Gospel is said to be a village, while 'Am'was was the flourishing capital of a "toparchy".
  • Acrabattene toparchy, and the places that reached as far as the Great
  • And when he had laid waste all the places about the toparchy of Thamnas, he passed on to
  • Augustus, both her toparchy, and Jamriga, as also her plantation of palm trees that were in Phasaelis.
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