irenarch
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editFrom Latin īrēnarcha, īrēnarchēs, from Ancient Greek εἰρηνάρχης (eirēnárkhēs), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”).
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editirenarch (plural irenarchs)
- (historical) An officer in Ancient Greece having functions corresponding to those of a Justice of the Peace.
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edit- “irenarch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.