Definition of Archan
Ar`chon, a chief magistrate of Athens, of which there were nine at a
time, each over a separate department; the tenure of office was first for
life, then for ten years, and finally for one.
- Wikipedia
Ar"chon (&?;), n. [L. archon, Gr. &?;,
&?;, ruler, chief magistrate, p. pr. of &?; to be first, to rule.]
(Antiq.) One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens,
especially, by preëminence, the first of the nine chief
magistrates. -- Ar*chon"tic (&?;), a.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a chief magistrate of ancient Athens
*1980: Hated by the archons of Athens for his fearless condemnation of municipal graft, he was hypocritcally arraigned on a charge of corrupting Athenian youth. (Burgess, Earthly Powers)
- a ruler, head of state or other leader
*1922: But neither the midwife's lore nor the caudlectures saved him from the archons of Sinn Fein and their noggin of hemlock. (Joyce, Ulysses)
- (Gnosticism) a supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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