alabarch
Meaning
Noun
- The title of the governor or chief magistrate of the Jews in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and Roman emperors.
Origin
- From Latin alabarches, more correctly arabarches, from Ancient Greek Ἀλαβάρχης, more correctly Ἀραβάρχης, from Ἄραψ pl. Ἄρᾰβες + ἀρχός.
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