Asiarch
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English
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Etymology
From Latin Asiarcha, from Ancient Greek Ἀσιάρχης (Asiárkhēs).
Noun
Asiarch (plural Asiarchs)
- (historical) One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
- 1794, Joseph Milner, The History of the Church of Christ:
- They now begged Philip, the Asiarch, to let out a lion against Polycarp
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Translations
one of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia
References
- “Asiarch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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German
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀσιάρχης (Asiárkhēs).
Noun
Asiarch m (weak, genitive Asiarchen, plural Asiarchen)