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archon

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
  • :* 1980 : Hated by the archons of Athens for his fearless condemnation of municipal graft, he was hypocritically arraigned on a charge of corrupting Athenian youth. (Burgess, Earthly Powers )
  • A ruler, head of state or other leader.
  • :* 1922 : But neither the midwife’s lore nor the caudlectures saved him from the archons of Sinn Fein and their noggin of hemlock. (Joyce, Ulysses )
  • (gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.

    • Related terms

    * archaeo- * archaic * archaism * archeo- * archive * -archy

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