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archon🔊

A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.

💬 Quotations
Hated by the archons of Athens for his fearless condemnation of municipal graft, he was hypocritically arraigned on a charge of corrupting Athenian youth.

A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.

A ruler, head of state or other leader.

💬 Quotations
But neither the midwife’s lore nor the caudlectures saved him from the archons of Sinn Fein and their noggin of hemlock.

(Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.