rare–1. [ad. Gr. στραταρχία, the office of a general, f. στρατάρχης, also στράταρχος, a general, f. στρατ-ός army + ἄρχ-ειν to rule.] The system of rule in an army.
1877. Gladstone, in 19th Cent., March, 18. A hierarchy … is broadly distinguished from a stratarchy, from the corps of officers of an army, where an absolute obedience is due from the private soldier, and from every successive grade, to a superior.
