Definitions for exilarch

exilarch ex·i·larch

Spelling: [eg-zuh-lahrk, ek-suh-]
IPA: /ˈɛg zəˌlɑrk, ˈɛk sə-/

Exilarch is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 255 anagrams from letters in exilarch (acehilrx).

Definitions for exilarch

noun

  1. one of a line of hereditary rulers of the Jewish community in Babylonia from about the 2nd century a.d. to the beginning of the 11th century.

Origin of exilarch

First recorded in 1890-95; exile + -arch

Examples for exilarch

Once a year, in the third week after the Feast of Tabernacles, a kind of court was held at the house of the exilarch.

Bostana was the first exilarch who was the vassal of the Mahometans.

There were certain privileges connected with the Gaonate, upon which even the exilarch did not venture to encroach.

The exilarch appealed to the blind Nissi Naharvani to assist him in his choice.

The Karaite disturbances also contributed to lessen the authority of the exilarch.

So the office of exilarch was left vacant for a year or two.

But if the exilarch was not learned, he delegated this duty to the Gaon of Sora.

When the Law was read, they brought the scroll to the exilarch, which was looked upon as a royal prerogative.

The rival exilarch Hassan was banished to Khorasan, where he died.

The exilarch appoints the Chiefs of the Academies by placing his hand upon their heads, thus installing them in their office.

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