Ethnarch
/ˈɛθˌnɑːɹk/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The governor of a Jewish province under the Roman Empire. historical
"In the course of the struggle with the unfortunate ethnarch, the nobles had found it expedient to attach themselves to Rome."
- 2 the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority wordnet
- 3 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 […]"
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More examples"In the course of the struggle with the unfortunate ethnarch, the nobles had found it expedient to attach themselves to Rome."
Etymology
From Middle French ethnarque, and its sources, New Latin ethnarcha, Koine Greek ἐθνάρχης (ethnárkhēs, “ruler of a tribe or nation, title of a Jewish official”), from Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, “nation”).