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ethnarch

/ˈɛθ.nɑːrk/

Traduction: Nom désignant un gouverneur ou un chef d'une province, en particulier dans les empires romain ou byzantin, ou un dirigeant religieux exerçant un pouvoir temporel.

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noun

C2formalcommonpolitical/ˈɛθ.nɑːrk/

A noun referring to a governor or ruler of a province, especially within the Roman or Byzantine Empires, or a religious leader who holds secular authority.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant un gouverneur ou un chef d'une province, en particulier dans les empires romain ou byzantin, ou un dirigeant religieux exerçant un pouvoir temporel.
  1. Provincial ruler C2 formal

    A governor or ruler of a province or a distinct ethnic group, especially within the Roman or Byzantine Empire.

    • Herod was appointed ethnarch of Judea by the Roman authorities.
    • The ethnarch governed the region with limited autonomy under the empire.
    • Historical records mention an ethnarch who oversaw trade routes in the province.

    🇫🇷Gouverneur de province ou de groupe ethnique

    Synonymes: governorrulersatrapviceroy

  2. Religious leader with secular authority C2 formal

    A religious leader who also holds secular or political power over a community.

    • The ethnarch of the Jewish community in Alexandria had both religious and civil duties.
    • In some historical contexts, an ethnarch acted as a mediator between the church and the state.
    • The ethnarch's authority extended to legal disputes within his community.

    🇫🇷Chef religieux à autorité séculière

  • ethnarchs plural form
  • ethnarchs' possessive plural form
  • ethnarch's possessive singular form