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exilarch
[ eg-zuh-lahrk, ek-suh- ]
noun
- one of a line of hereditary rulers of the Jewish community in Babylonia from about the 2nd century a.d. to the beginning of the 11th century.
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Once a year, in the third week after the Feast of Tabernacles, a kind of court was held at the house of the Exilarch.
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There were certain privileges connected with the Gaonate, upon which even the Exilarch did not venture to encroach.
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When the Law was read, they brought the scroll to the Exilarch, which was looked upon as a royal prerogative.
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The Exilarch had the right of nomination to offices, though not without the acquiescence of the college.
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Now that the Exilarch everywhere met with the respect due a prince, he was installed with a degree of ceremony and pomp.
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