Obs. rare–1. [ad. mod.L. antarchia f. Gr. ἀντί against + -αρχία, f. ἀρχ- in ἄρχ-ειν to rule, ἀρχ-ή rule, government.] (See quot.)
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Antarchy, an opposition to government.
1692. Washington, trans. Milton’s Def. Pop., ii. 56 (1851). That this word Antarchy and Monarchy are Synonymous, I cannot easily perswade my self to believe.
