ethnarch
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- ethnarchy noun
Etymology
Origin of ethnarch
From the Greek word ethnárchēs, dating back to 1635–45. See ethno-, -arch
Vocabulary lists containing ethnarch
Example Sentences
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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
The British insist that the agitation is largely the doing of one man, bearded Archbishop Myriarthefs Makarios, who calls himself the ethnarch, i.e., governor of Cyprus.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1956, as the fighting peaked between the British army and the Cypriots, Anthony Eden's government accused the ethnarch of fomenting rebellion and exiled him to the remote Seychelles Islands 3,000 miles from home.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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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