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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. historical

   "They now begged Philip, the Asiarch, to let out a lion against Polycarp"

2. 2
   Alternative form of Asiarch. alt-of, alternative

Example

More examples

"They now begged Philip, the Asiarch, to let out a lion against Polycarp"

Etymology

From Latin Asiarcha, from Ancient Greek Ἀσιάρχης (Asiárkhēs).

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