Meaning

2 senses

  1. The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.

  2. The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.

Origin

From exile + -arch, a calque of Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ גָּלוּת (rôš galûṯ).

From exile + -arch, a calque of Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ גָּלוּת (rôš galûṯ).

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Forms

plural: exilarchs
Singularexilarch
Pluralexilarchs

irregular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
exhilarateC1exhilarationC1exhortationexhumeexileB2existA2existenceB1
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