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exilarch

exilarch noun: the leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.

Noun

exilarch (plural exilarchs)

  1. The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
  2. The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.

Forms of exilarch

pluralexilarchs

Origin of exilarch

From exile + -arch, a calque of Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ גָּלוּת (rôš galûṯ).

Questions about exilarch

What does exilarch mean?
Exilarch means the leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
What part of speech is exilarch?
Exilarch is a noun.
What is the plural of exilarch?
The plural of exilarch is exilarchs.

Words near exilarch in the dictionary

  1. exiguous
  2. exiguously
  3. exiguousness
  4. exigynous
  5. exilable
  6. exilarch
  7. exilarchate
  8. exilarchic
  9. exilarchies
  10. exilarchs
  11. exilarchy

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