alabarch
noun
al·a·barch
ˈa-lə-ˌbärk
plural -s
: the chief magistrate of the Jews at Alexandria under the Ptolemies and the Roman Empire
Word History
Etymology
Latin alabarches, from Greek alabarchēs, alteration of arabarchēs, from Arabia + Greek -archēs -arch
First Known Use
1658, in the meaning defined above
- autochthonisms
- autochthonous
- autochthonous idea
- autochthonously
- autochthons
- autochthony
- autocidal
- autocide
- autocides
- autocinesis
- autoclastic
- autoclave
- autoclave cipher
- autoclaved
- autoclaves
- autoclaving
- autocoids
- autocollimation
- autocollimator
- autocolony
- autocomplete
- autocopulation
- autocorrect
- autocorrected
- autocorrecting