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ethnarchs

ethnarchs is the plural of ethnarch.

Meaning of ethnarch

Noun

ethnarch (plural ethnarchs)

  1. (historical) The governor of a Jewish province under the Roman Empire.
    • In the course of the struggle with the unfortunate ethnarch, the nobles had found it expedient to attach themselves to Rome.1880, Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  2. A leader of an ethnic community, especially a Jewish or (in the Ottoman Empire) Eastern Orthodox leader having political as well as spiritual authority.
    • In fact, from a worldly perspective, sages were petty clerks, employees of the ethnarch of their ethnic group. The ethnarch may have treated sages with […]1984, Jacob Neusner, Our Sages, God, and Israel: An Anthology of The Talmud of the Land of Israel, SP Books, →ISBN, page 120

Questions about ethnarchs

What is ethnarchs the plural of?
Ethnarchs is the plural of ethnarch.

Words near ethnarchs in the dictionary

  1. ethn-
  2. Ethna
  3. ethnarch
  4. ethnarchic
  5. ethnarchies
  6. ethnarchs
  7. ethnarchy
  8. ethnat
  9. ethnats
  10. ethne
  11. ethnic

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