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gymnasiarch

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gymnasiarch [dʒɪmˈneɪzɪˌɑːk]
n
1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) an official who supervised athletic schools and contests
2. (Social Science / Education) Obsolete the governor or chief tutor of an academy or college
[from Latin, from Greek gymnasiarchos, from gymnasion gymnasium + -archos ruling]
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While presiding at the Athenian games organized to honor Ventidius's victories over the Parthians, Antony left at home his Roman paraphernalia ("his guard, his axes, and tokens of his empire") and dressed as a gymnasiarch, or judge of the games, "in a long gown and slippers after the Grecian fashion" (217).
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