[ad. Gr. τριηραρχία, f. τριήραρχος TRIERARCH.] The position or office of a trierarch; the equipment and maintenance of a trireme or other vessel, as a public service or ‘liturgy’; the system by which a fleet was thus maintained. b. ‘The trierarchs collectively’ (Ogilvie, 1882).
1837. Bulwer, Athens, II. 462. Extraordinary liturgies—such as the Trierarchy or equipment of ships which entailed also the obligation of personal service on those by whom the triremes were fitted out.
1839. Thirlwall, Greece, VI. xlv. 51. The citizens who were liable to the charges of the trierarchy.
1850. Grote, Greece, II. lv. VII. 47. As a rich young man, also, choregy and trierarchy became incumbent upon him.
1869. A. W. Ward, trans. Curtius’ Hist. Greece, II. III. iii. 477. The trierarchy, i.e. the obligation incumbent upon the citizens to make the ships belonging to the state ready for sea, to hire crews, etc.
