Archontic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Archon \Ar"chon\, n. [L. archon, Gr. ?, ?, ruler, chief
     magistrate, p. pr. of ? to be first, to rule.] (Antiq.)
     One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially,
     by pre["e]minence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.
     -- {Ar*chon"tic}, a.
     [1913 Webster]