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-arch
-arch
a combining form meaning “chief, leader, ruler,” used in the formation of compound words:
monarch; matriarch; heresiarch.
Origin:
<
Greek
-archos
or
-archēs,
as comb. forms of
árchos
leader; cf.
archi-
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-arch
—
n combining form
leader; ruler; chief:
patriarch
;
monarch
;
heresiarch
[from Greek
-arkhēs,
from
arkhein
to rule; compare
arch-
]
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