ethnarch

Meaning

Noun

• The governor of a Jewish province under the Roman Empire.
• A leader of an ethnic community, especially a Jewish or (in the Ottoman Empire) Eastern Orthodox leader having political as well as spiritual authority.

Origin

• From Middle French ethnarque, and its sources, New Latin ethnarcha, Koine Greek ἐθνάρχης ("ruler of a tribe or nation, title of a Jewish official"), from Ancient Greek ἔθνος ("nation").