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exilarch
[ eg-zuh-lahrk, ek-suh- ]
noun
- one of a line of hereditary rulers of the Jewish community in Babylonia from about the 2nd century a.d. to the beginning of the 11th century.
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Once a year, in the third week after the Feast of Tabernacles, a kind of court was held at the house of the Exilarch.
There were certain privileges connected with the Gaonate, upon which even the Exilarch did not venture to encroach.
When the Law was read, they brought the scroll to the Exilarch, which was looked upon as a royal prerogative.
The Exilarch had the right of nomination to offices, though not without the acquiescence of the college.
Now that the Exilarch everywhere met with the respect due a prince, he was installed with a degree of ceremony and pomp.
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