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politarch Anc. Hist.|ˈpɒlɪtɑːk|
[ad. Gr. πολιτάρχης (Acts xvii. 6), f. πολίτης a citizen + -αρχης ruler, governor.]
A governor of citizens; the title of civic magistrates in some Oriental cities, as Thessalonica, under the Romans.
1852Conybeare & Howson St. Paul (1862) I. ix. 308 At Thessalonica we find an assembly of people and supreme magistrates, who are called politarchs. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 513 They seized Jason and one or two others..and dragged them before the Politarchs. 1884United Presb. Mag. Apr. 178/1 The seven politarchs who ruled the city when the arch was built. |