Gaonate
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The rank or office of Gaon. Judaism, historical
"The interlocking relationships between the Geonate and the Exilarchate are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the role played by each institution in selecting or deposing the head of the other — what might be described as a primitive version of the system of checks and balances."
Example
More examples"The interlocking relationships between the Geonate and the Exilarchate are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the role played by each institution in selecting or deposing the head of the other — what might be described as a primitive version of the system of checks and balances."
Etymology
From Gaon + -ate (forming nouns denoting rank or office).
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