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Taxiarches or its variant taxiarchos (from el, ταξιάρχης or ταξίαρχος, link=no), anglicized taxiarch, may refer to: *
Taxiarch Taxiarch, the anglicised form of ''taxiarchos'' or ''taxiarchēs'' ( el, ταξίαρχος or ταξιάρχης) is used in the Greek language to mean "brigadier". The term derives from ''táxis'', "order", in military context "an ordered forma ...
, equivalent to brigadier in ancient and modern Greek military terminology * Archangels Michael and
Gabriel In Abrahamic religions ( Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ ...
are called the ''Taxiarchs'' in Greek Orthodoxy because they lead the heavenly host


Places

Several places in Greece are named after the archangels, either in singular, Taxiarchis, or in plural, Taxiarches (Ταξιάρχες): * Taxiarches, Attica * Taxiarchis, Aetolia-Acarnania * Taxiarches, Achaea *
Taxiarchis, Grevena Taxiarchis () is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Irakleotes, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 256 residents in the ...
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Taxiarchis, Chalkidiki Taxiárchis is a village located near Mount Holomontas in Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Locals are involved in the cultivation of firs Firs (''Abies'') are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the fam ...
* Taxiarchis, Euboea * Taxiarches, Drama * Taxiarches, Elis * Taxiarchis, Euboea * Taxiarchis, Lesbos * Taxiarches, Trikala {{disambig