Crossword-Solution: ARCHON
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Archon | n. | One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ARCHON | anagram | ANCHOR, CHARON, RANCHO |
We have 9 clues for the answer “ARCHON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A magistrate in ancient Athens | 1 answer |
| Athenian magistrate | 1 answer |
| Magistrate in anc. Athens. | 1 answer |
| Magistrate in ancient Athens | 1 answer |
| Magistrate of ancient Athens. | 1 answer |
| Greek magistrate | 2 answers |
| magistrate | 28 answers |
| magistrature | 44 answers |
| Magistracy | 53 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ARCHON (5)
Other writings on ideal states, such as the ‘Oceana’ of Harrington, in which the Lord Archon, meaning Cromwell, is described, not as he was, but as he ought to have been; or the ‘Argenis’ of Barclay, which is an historical allegory of his own time, are too unlike Plato to be worth mentioning.
EUTHYPHRO: Why have you left the Lyceum, Socrates? and what are you doing in the Porch of the King Archon? Surely you cannot be concerned in a suit before the King, like myself? SOCRATES: Not in a suit, Euthyphro; impeachment is the word which the Athenians use.
And now I go to meet Meletus at the porch of the King Archon; but to-morrow I shall hope to see you again, Theodorus, at this place.
Let us try once more: There are diviners and priests, who are full of pride and prerogative; these, as the law declares, know how to give acceptable gifts to the gods, and in many parts of Hellas the duty of performing solemn sacrifices is assigned to the chief magistrate, as at Athens to the King Archon.
The first year of children's lives is to be registered in their ancestral temples; the name of the archon of the year is to be inscribed on a whited wall in every phratry, and the names of the living members of the phratry close to them, to be erased at their decease.
Quotes with ARCHON (1)
As far as you are able to gather from hints scattered through these letters, Apocryphal Power, riven by internecine battles and eluding the control of its founder, Ermes Marana, has broken into two groups: a sect of enlightened followers of the Archangel of Light and a sect of nihilist followers of the Archon of Shadow. The former are convinced that among the false books flooding the world they can track down the few that bear a truth perhaps extrahuman or extraterrestrial. T…
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Appears in: NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1959–2004).