dodecarchy

== English == === Etymology === From dodec- +‎ -archy, after the pattern of heptarchy, etc. === Noun === dodecarchy (countable and uncountable, plural dodecarchies) A government of twelve people. ==== Synonyms ==== see Thesaurus:government ==== Coordinate terms ==== see Thesaurus:government ==== Related terms ==== dodecarch ==== Translations ==== === References === "dodecarchy, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.