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Provincial ruler in Greece
Answer for the clue "Provincial ruler in Greece ", 7 letters:
nomarch
Word definitions for nomarch in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Nomarchs ( Ancient Egyptian : heri-tep a'a ) were Ancient Egyptian administration officials responsible of the provinces. Effectively serving as provincial governors, they each held authority over one of the 42 nomes ( Egyptian : sepat) into which the country ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nomarch \Nom"arch\, n. [Gr. ? a district + -arch.] The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
Usage examples of nomarch.
The Nomarch of the River Horse was the last man Ashake would want to lie to without a wealth of seeming conviction behind her falsehood.
The Nomarch of the Elephant had said only that one word when his fellow southerner opened his eyes wide for the first time and stared for an instant at him.
How fortunate that her father, Nomarch Sehetep, had distanced himself from the politics of both halves of the divided land.
The commander, one Atsu by name, appointed when the chief Merenra became nomarch over Bubastis, hath disarmed the under-drivers, removed the women from toil and restored many privileges which are ruinous to law and order.
At the head of the pageant were the boats of the nomarch and the courtiers to Meneptah who remained in Memphis.
But behold our gallant escort--the nomarch ahead, beside us the new cup-bearer and behind us all the rank of the north.
Only the vessels of the king and the nomarch and the barge of Senci were not involved in the uproarious revel that followed.
Merenra, now nomarch of Bubastis, but whilom commander over Israel at Pa-Ramesu, paused one noon with his train at the well.
As soon as the Nomarch had left him, he commanded that a considerable sum should be taken out of the Treasury, and sent after the petitioner.