单词 | alabarch |
释义 | alabarchn. Ancient History. (The title of) the chief magistrate of the Jews at Alexandria under the Ptolemies and Romans. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > chief magistrate at Alexandria alabarch1658 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > of Jews at Alexandria alabarch1658 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 872 Being the son of Alexander, Alabarch of Alexandria. 1727 N. Lardner Credibility Gospel Hist. I. p. viii Philo was a Jew of Alexandria in Egypt, brother of Alexander the Alabarch or chief magistrate of the Jews in that country. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. iii. xii. 227 Ethnarch, as well as Alabarch, was a title of Jewish governors in heathen cities. 1891 B. Löwy tr. H. Graetz Hist. Jews (1893) II. iv. 102 Octavianus..placed the harbors of the Nile and of the sea under the control of the Judæan Alabarchs, who had held that office under former Egyptian monarchs. 1943 M. Samuel tr. S. Asch Apostle ii. i. 222 He came out, the Alabarch at his side, wearing a Roman toga. 1998 C. Meyer in B. Knapp et al. Social Approaches to Industr. Past xvi. 271 Most alabarchs were concerned with trade into and out of Alexandria. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1658 |
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