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gymnasiarchy

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gym⋅na⋅si⋅arch

  [jim-ney-zee-ahrk]
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–noun
(in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
Origin:
1650–60; < L gymnasiarchus master of a gymnasium < Gk gymnasíarchos, equiv. to gymnási(on) (see gymnasium 1 ) + -archos -arch

Related forms:
gym⋅na⋅si⋅arch⋅y, noun
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