gymnasiarch

American  

[jim-ney-zee-ahrk] / dʒɪmˈneɪ ziˌɑrk /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.

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gymnasiarch British  

/ dʒɪmˈneɪzɪˌɑːk /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) an official who supervised athletic schools and contests

2. obsolete  the governor or chief tutor of an academy or college

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Other Word Forms

• gymnasiarchy noun

Etymology

Origin of gymnasiarch

1650–60; < Latin gymnasiarchus master of a gymnasium < Greek gymnasíarchos, equivalent to gymnási ( on ) ( gymnasium ¹ ) + -archos -arch

Example Sentences

He came out in 1866 a clerk and a gymnasiarch rolled in one, and was appointed to the pastoral charge of Hernialde, a cluster of houses near Tolosa.

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We have already seen that adults were not supposed to enter the pal�stra; and the penalty for the infringement of this rule by the gymnasiarch was death.

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There were three classes of officials in the gymnasia; the director or magistrate called the gymnasiarch, the sub-director or gymnast, and the subordinates.

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Petrarch replied in a letter apparently full of gratitude and satisfaction, but in which he by no means pledged himself to be the gymnasiarch of their new college; and, agreeably to his original intention, he set out from Padua on the 3rd of May, 1351, for Provence.

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The Gymnasiarch, or presiding magistrate, clothed in a purple cloak, with white shoes, possessed almost unlimited authority.

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