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ecclesiarch|ɛˈkliːzɪɑːk|
[f. Gr. ἐκκλησία church + -αρχος ruler.]
A ruler of the church. Hence eˈcclesiarchy.
1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. lxvi. 671 The great ecclesiarch poorly excuses his submission to the emperor. 1878E. Jenkins Haverholme 92 He..was..a sort of lay ecclesiarch in the county. Ibid. 167 Emancipation of Christianity from tradition and ecclesiarchy. |