Pentarchy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pentarchy \Pen"tar*chy\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. pentarchie. See
     {Penta-}, and {-archy}.]
     A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.
     --P. Fletcher. "The pentarchy of the senses." --A. Brewer.
     [1913 Webster]