archon
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- noun
- /ˈɑrkən/
- Jargon
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arconte
- If it Parkus gets elected Archon, it must be because he's on board.
- madam archon
Examples
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During the festival, the Archon delivered a speech emphasizing the importance of unity within the community.
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Like the King Archon taking slight at the way the Invisibles are dressed, it makes for a poor argument, if not a trivial one; especially when there are so many better candidates in Morrison's back catalogue.
Blog text (12) -
After six months, #7 asked the elder Archon, "What are we supposed to do to pass the time?"
Fiction book (2001) -
So that Archon was called the Archon eponymous, the one who gives his name to the state.
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I mean, they, they did have a few people who were officials like the Archons, the people who who would be running the show.
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As Archons went, there was one born every second.
Fiction book (2001) -
Tutors have an Archon or a leader, and that group does an assessment of the curriculum that they're teaching that year and the success that that had with the class.
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Volume three of the Invisibles, incidentally, in one of its endings, sees the King Archon being taken off the board when King Mob demonstrates the problem to be one relating to dimensions, rather than what can only be seen on the surface.
Blog text (12) -
In the concluding arc of the House of Fun, the King Archon is faced with an enlightened Dane McGowan, and, finding out that he is not able to defeat the enemy, rotates out of our present dimension to engage the Invisible Cell elsewhere, where our heroes are supposedly more vulnerable.
Blog text (12) -
The Archon presided over the assembly of citizens, guiding discussions on local governance.
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Etymology
Archon comes from Greek arch- meaning 'chief' or 'ruler', like in archbishop ('chief bishop'). That is why archon became a high title or honour for important officials in Byzantine and church life.