Ethnarch Definition

ĕthnärk
noun
The ruler of a province or people.
American Heritage
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ethnarch

Noun

Singular:
ethnarch
Plural:
ethnarchs

Origin of Ethnarch

  • Greek ethnarkhēs ethnos nation ethnic -arkhēs -arch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Ancient Greek ἐθνάρχης (ethnarkhÄ“s).

    From Wiktionary

Ethnarch Sentence Examples

  • Before his assassination in 44 B.C. Julius Caesar had confirmed Hyrcanus in the high-priesthood and added the title of ethnarch.

  • But there was an outstanding feud between him and them; and his first act as ethnarch was to remove the high priest on the ground of his sympathy with the rebels.

  • After the death of Herod, Archelaus became ethnarch of Samaria, Idumea and Judaea, and when he was deposed Judaea was merged in Syria, being governed by a procurator whose headquarters were in Caesarea.

  • At Rome he was opposed by Antipas and by many of the Jews, who feared his cruelty; but Augustus allotted to him the greater part of the kingdom (Judaea, Samaria, Ituraea) with the title of ethnarch.

  • For timely help in the Egyptian War of 47 B.C. Hyrcanus was rewarded by the title of Ethnarch, and Antipater with the Roman citizenship and the office of procurator of Judaea.

More Sentences

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to ethnarch using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

EETETH

Words Ending With

HCHRCH

Unscrambles

ethnarch

Words Starting With E and Ending With H

Starts With E & Ends With HStarts With ET & Ends With HStarts With E & Ends With CH

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With E8 Letter Words Ending With H