ARCHON


Meaning of ARCHON in English

ˈärˌkän, -_kən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin, from Greek archōn, from present participle of archein to rule, begin — more at archi-

1. : a chief magistrate in ancient Athens ; especially : one of nine chief magistrates in Athens after 683 B.C. with executive, judicial, religious, military, legislative, and administrative functions

2. : a magistrate of any of the Jewish communities of the Diaspora in the Greco-Roman period

3. : a ruler, high official, presiding officer, or leader

George Ripley, archon of the Farm, built Brook Farm in the image of his belief — Tom Brooks

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[Middle Greek, from Greek]

Eastern Church

a. : an ecclesiastical official who directs special services of a cathedral

b. : an ecclesiastic who administers various business matters of the churches of a patriarchate

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