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PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOLARCH

scholarch  [ˈskɒlˌɑːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOLARCH

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scholarch is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCHOLARCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

scholarch

Scholarch

A scholarch is the head of a school. The term was especially used for the heads of schools of philosophy in ancient Athens, such as the Platonic Academy, whose first scholarch was Plato himself. He held the position for forty years, appointing his nephew Speussipus as his successor; later scholarchs were elected by members of the Academy. A list of scholarchs of the four main philosophy schools in Athens during the Hellenistic period, with the approximate dates they headed the schools, is as follows...

Definition of scholarch in the English dictionary

The definition of scholarch in the dictionary is the head of school, especially the head of a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCHOLARCH


at.
ɑːk
bookmark
ˈbʊkˌmɑːk
dark
dɑːk
dat.
dɑːk
Denmark
ˈdɛnmɑːk
ecclesiarch
ɪˈkliːzɪˌɑːk
endarch
ˈɛndˌɑːk
gymnasiarch
dʒɪmˈneɪzɪˌɑːk
heresiarch
hɪˈriːzɪˌɑːk
Iraq
ɪˈrɑːk
lat.
lɑːk
marc
mɑːk
mark
mɑːk
matriarch
ˈmeɪtrɪˌɑːk
navarch
ˈnævˌɑːk
omniarch
ˈɒmnɪˌɑːk
park
pɑːk
patriarch
ˈpeɪtrɪˌɑːk
polyarch
ˈpɒlɪˌɑːk
symposiarch
sɪmˈpəʊzɪˌɑːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOLARCH

schola cantorum
scholae cantorum
scholar
scholar´s mate
scholar´s tree
scholarliness
scholarly
scholarship
scholarship holder
scholastic
scholastic aptitude test
scholastic philosophy
scholastic profession
scholastical
scholastically
scholasticate
scholasticism
scholia
scholiast
scholiastic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOLARCH

applied research
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cornstarch
global search
Japanese larch
job search
larch
march
market research
marketing research
monarch
operational research
operations research
phylarch
research
search
starch
the Long March
western larch
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Synonyms and antonyms of scholarch in the English dictionary of synonyms

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scholarch
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escolarca
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scholarch
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scholarch
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ar

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scholarch
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scholarch
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scholarch
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scholarch
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scholarch
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Sarjana
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scholarch
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scholarch
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scholarch
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Scholarch
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scholarch
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வித்வான்
75 millions of speakers

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विद्वान
75 millions of speakers

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scholarch
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scholarch
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scholarch
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scholarch
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scholarch
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Σχολάρχης
15 millions of speakers
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scholarch
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scholarch
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scholarch
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Trends of use of scholarch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOLARCH»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOLARCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scholarch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOLARCH»

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History of Higher Education Annual: 1985
The first of these was the role of the scholarch, an official who represented within the institution the interests of the officers of the state. Second, the history of the Academy makes quite clear that in the last analysis it was the officers of the town  ...
Roger Geiger, 1985
2
The Significance of Yavneh and Other Essays in Jewish Hellenism
The scholarch in his testament designated his successor, but his choice was subject to the approval of the students who could replace the designate with their own candidate. The details of this process are not spelled out - did the students ...
Shaye J. D. Cohen, 2010
3
Polemon (Scholarch)
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Wade Anastasia Jere, 2012
4
City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria
Isidore, by contrast, brought energy to the faction opposing Hegias and, as Marinus became increasingly ill, the scholarch began rethinking the selection of Zenodotus as his successor.55 Untainted by the events of the mid- 4805 and vigorous ...
Edward Jay Watts, 2006
5
Plato, and the Other Companions of Sokrates
But probably many of the students frequenting the school would come for the express purpose of reading various works of Plato (either in the original MSS., or in faithful copies taken from them) with the exposition of the Scholarch ; just as we  ...
George Grote, 1888
6
Rethinking Plato: A Cartesian Quest for the Real Plato
Sophroniscus of Alopece Socrates's father, 278 Sorley, William Ritchie Euthyphro's contrast between active and passive voice, 240 Souda. See Suidas Speusippus of Athens Plato's Academy (scholarch), 34, 37, 40, 41, 44, 45, 49, 107 Plato's ...
Necip Fikri Alican, 2012
7
Ancient Libraries
was possibly expected to be the next scholarch of the school.9 Literally interpreted, Theophrastus' will gave up all the books to Neleus. It did not anticipate that Neleus might leave the community. Strabo's story begins after Theophrastus' death ...
Jason König, Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, 2013
8
Plato, and the Other Companions of Sokrates by George Grote
Cicero, De Oratore,_ i. 11, 45-47; Priora, 11) that the handwriting of “ florenie tum Academia1 quod team the Scholarch Philo, when his manu- Gharmadas et Chtomachus et Eschmes script was brought from Athens to obtinebant;P1atom, on us ...
‎1865
9
Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. Philosophie ...
that this is so from Strato's bequest of the School to Lyco (5.61), who thereupon became the next scholarch. But not only did Theophrastus leave the school to a group, but he further specified that the inheritors were not to alienate it and no one ...
Wolfgang Haase, Hildegard Temporini, 1992
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Aristotle's Journey to Europe: A Synthetic History of the ...
scholarch was Xenocrates of Chalcedon (leadership dates: 339-314) who emphasized Platonic theology. The fourth scholarch was Polemon (or Polemo) of Athens (leadership dates: 314-269) who studied Plato's ethics. In 268, Crates briefly ...
Randall R. Cloud, 2007

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOLARCH»

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Hermann Burger: Dichter auf dem Hochseil
... an ihrer eigenen Radikalität zerbricht und den Selbstverlust mit artistischer Virtuosität zu kompensieren sucht: Armin Schildknecht, der Scholarch von Schilten. «Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Mar 14»
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Theurgicon and Pagan Neoplatonism I.
The last “scholarch” of the school was George Gemistos Plethon, who can positively be identified as a Pagan based on the secret writings discovered after his ... «Beliefnet.com, Sep 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Scholarch [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scholarch>. May 2024 ».
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