ethnarch
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ethnarch
From the Greek word ethnárchēs, dating back to 1635–45. See ethno-, -arch
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Example Sentences
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The bishops' action was curiously delayed; it has been more than twelve years, after all, since the bearded ethnarch was first elected President.
From Time Magazine Archive
Archbishop Makarios III, born Michael Mouskos, became ethnarch in 1950, armed with a church-run plebiscite that showed 97% of all Greek Cypriots in favor of enosis.
From Time Magazine Archive
At almost the same time, Cyprus Governor Sir Hugh Foot flew to Athens to talk privately with bearded Archbishop Makarios, the exiled ethnarch of Cyprus.
From Time Magazine Archive
For political and spiritual guidance they relied on black-bearded Archbishop Makarios, head of Cyprus' Greek Orthodox Church and ethnarch of Cyprus' Greeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Archelaus had been designated king by Herod, with Judea, Samaria, and Idumea as his kingdom; but the emperor allowed him only the territory, with the title ethnarch.
From The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rhees, Rush
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