Definition of Archon

1. n. One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preëminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.

Definition of Archon

1. Noun. A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. ¹

2. Noun. A ruler, head of state or other leader. ¹

3. Noun. (gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Archon

1. a magistrate of ancient Athens [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archon

archmages
archmagi
archmagician
archmagicians
archmarshal
archmarshals
archmodernist
archmodernists
archmurderer
archmurderers
archnemeses
archnemesis
archness
archnesses
archo-
archon (current term)
archons
archonship
archonships
archontate
archontes
archonts
archosaur
archosaurian
archosaurian reptile
archosaurians
archosauromorph
archosauromorphs
archosaurs
archpirate

Literary usage of Archon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The Fihrist reports that the earth archon had by Eve the hateful red- haired ... To offset the loss of Abel, the archon taught Eve witchcraft in order to ..."

2. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"For some beauty of this description appeared ' to the Great archon to belong to the Son, and the archon caused Him to sit on his right (hand) . ..."

3. History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy by Edward Augustus Freeman, John Bagnell Bury (1893)
"the Boeotian, like the Athenian, archon had onco been the real ruler of the ... Of the particular archon of Thebes, Theban Plutarch l records an usage, ..."

4. The Bibliographical Miscellany by Adam Clarke (1806)
"384 1 archon, Diotrephes. Aristotle was born this year. ... 375 2 archon, Hippodamus. The king of Persia made a general peace throughout all Greece. ..."

5. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"These words seem to refer to the temporary exercise of power which he might have enjoyed оя archon for a year, in opposition to the permanent exercise of it ..."

6. Travels in Italy, Greece and the Ionian Islands: In a Series of Letters by Hugh William Williams (1820)
"archon.—His Family.—Manners.—House of the archon.— Cave of Trophonius. ... Before dinner the archon washed his hands in our presence, the boy kneeling who ..."

7. History of Federal Government from the Foundation of the Achaian League to by Edward Augustus Freeman (1863)
"Probably the Boeotian, like the Athenian, archon had once been the real ruler of ... Of the particular archon of Thebes, Plutarch* Theban records an usage, ..."

8. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"The " Great archon" of Basilides. When, therefore, a first and second ascension of the Son- ship took place, and the Holy Spirit itself also remained after ..."

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