archonship


ar·chon

A0409700 (är′kŏn′, -kən)n.1. A high official; a ruler.2. One of the nine principal magistrates of ancient Athens.3. An authoritative figure; a leader: archons of cultural modernism.
[Latin archōn, from Greek arkhōn, from present participle of arkhein, to rule.]
ar′chon·ship′ n.