| 释义 |
† geˈnarcha Obs. rare.
[Lat. form of Gr. γενάρχης, f. γένος race + -άρχης ruler, founder, root of ἄρχειν to rule, to begin; cf. patriarch.]
The founder of a family or race.
1649Bounds Publ. Obed. (1650) 17 We all derive from him, as from a Genarcha. 1650B. Discolliminium 31 It is enough to prove they were our Political Parents, which the whole series of our English Chronicles make good, from a Genarcha.
Hence geˈnarchaship, headship of a family or people.
1650Reply to Dr. Sanderson 3 First it provides not for Peoples obeying a Capitall family in Genarchaship. |