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Noun: ethnarch  'eth,naa(r)k
  1. The ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority
    "the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus"

Derived forms: ethnarches

Type of: ruler

Encyclopedia: Ethnarch