archon

Definitions

1. A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
2. A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
3. A ruler, head of state or other leader.
4. A supernatural ruler of the cosmos.

Equivalents

Examples

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

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

“Their claim⟳ to totality is like⟳ the cry⟳ of the archon Ialdabaoth that he was the Lord of the Universe and that there was nothing beyond him.”

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