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scholarch Hist.|ˈskəʊlɑːk| [ad. Gr. σχολάρχ-ης (mod.L. scholarcha, G. scholarch), f. σχολή school + -αρχης ruler.] The head or ruler of a school: spec. a. The head of an Athenian school of philosophy. b. In certain parts of Germany, Switzerland, and France, an official, or one of a body of officials, formerly charged with the inspection of the schools within a city or district.
1863W. C. Dowding Life G. Calixtus 145 ‘I will not deny,’ he tells the Scholarchs of Nürnberg, ‘that’ [etc.]. a1871Grote Aristotle (1872) I. ii. 52 The Scholarchs, successors of Theophrastus at Athens. 1875M. Pattison Casaubon 260 Laurence, the scholarch, Casaubon's successor as classical professor. 1884Ch. Quarterly XIX. 227 The first Scholarch after the fall of Constantinople was Matthew the Camariot. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 718/2 Xenocrates.., scholarch or rector of the Academy from 339 to 314 b.c. Hence ˈscholarchate [= G. scholarchat], the office of a scholarch; the body of scholarchs.
1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. V. 514 The greatest part of the clergy in the town are referred to the scholarchate and the ecclesiastic office, and those who officiate at the spital to the upper administrator thereof. |