† climaˈtarchic,a.Obs.rare—1. [f.Gr. κλιµάταρχ-ος (in Byzantine Greek ‘governor of a province’, f. κλίµατ- region, clime + -αρχος ruling).] Presiding over a ‘climate’ or region of the earth. 1794T. Taylor Pausanias III. 280 Among the terrestrial [gods], some preside over climates, or are climatarchic.