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Asiarch
noun
Asi·arch
\ˈāzhēˌärk also -shē-\
Definition of Asiarch
-s
: one of a group of civil and priestly officials in the Roman province of Asia who presided over the public games and religious rites
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Origin and Etymology of asiarch
Late Latin Asiarcha, from Greek Asiarchēs, from Asia Asia, Roman province in western Asia Minor + -archēs -arch
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