Pentarchy (disambiguation)

Pentarchy (disambiguation)

The Pentarchy ("rule of five") is the cooperation of the five great sees of the early Christian church.

Pentarchy may also refer to:

*Pentarchy of 1933, the Executive Commission of the Provisional Government of Cuba
*Concert of Europe, the pentarchy of Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia (1819-1914)
*Permanent members of the Security Council, who have the power to veto any substantive resolution in the United Nations (1946.1.17 - "present")
*Maratha Empire, a pentarchy of five Indian kingdoms (1674-1818)
*Agostino Depretis, an Italian statesman who faced a pentarchy of radical opposition (1878-1881)


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