ˈtrīəˌrärkē, -ˌrȧk-, -ki noun
( -es )
Etymology: Greek triērarchia, from triērarchos one who furnishes a trireme, commander of a trireme (from triērēs trireme — akin to Greek treis three — + -archos -arch) + -ia -y — more at three
: the ancient Athenian plan whereby individual citizens furnished and maintained triremes or other naval equipment as part of their civic duty