Toparch

to'park, n. The ruler or principal man in a place or country; governor of a toparchy. [Gr. to- — parchos, fr. topos, a place, and archein, to rule.] To'parchy, n. A smali state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.— Top^iary, a. Shaped by clipping or cutting. [L. topiarius, belonging to ornamental gardening, topia (ooera), ornamental gardening, Gr. topos.] — Topic, n. (Rhet. & Logic.) One of the various general forms of argument to be employed in probable as disting. demonstrative reasoning also a prepared argument, or point of argument, of a sort applicable to a great variety of cases an argument or reason the subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, argument, or literary composition; the main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a point; head pi. a treatise on, or a system or scheme of, forms of argument or oratory. (Med.) An external — local remedy, applied as a plaster, poultice, etc. Topic, -icai, a. Of, or pert. to. a place limited local pert, proceeding from, or consisting of, a topic or topics not demonstrative, but merely probable. [F. to piques, topics, L. Topic a, the title of a work by Aristotle, Gr. topikos, local, also concerning (topoi) commonplaces, topos.] — Topically, adv. In a topical manner with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic. — Topog raphy, -ra-fT, n. The description of a particular place, city, town, manor, parish, or tract of land esp. the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region. [F. topographie, L. and Gr. topograph i a Gr. graph ein, to write.] — Topog'rapher, -ra-fer, One skilled in the science of topography. — Top'ographlc, -ical. a. Of, or pert, to, topography descriptive of a place. Topographically, a/lv. In a topographical manner.