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alabarch

noun
al·​a·​barch | \ ˈa-lÉ™-ËŒbärk\
plural -s

Definition of alabarch

: the chief magistrate of the Jews at Alexandria under the Ptolemies and the Roman Empire

First Known Use of alabarch

1658, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for alabarch

Latin alabarches, from Greek alabarchēs, alteration of arabarchēs, from Arabia + Greek -archēs -arch

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