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Definition of Nomarch
1. n. The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
Definition of Nomarch
1. Noun. The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nomarch
1. the head of a nome [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nomarch
1. The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy. Origin: Gr. A district + -arch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nomarch
Literary usage of Nomarch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to by James Henry Breasted (1906)
"... a nomarch, without royal title.0 He is the founder of the Theban line, and is
so recognized by Sesostris I, who dedicated a statue to him in Karnak with ..."
2. Revenue Laws of Ptolemy Philadelphus by Ptolemy, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, John Pentland Mahaffy (1896)
"It is not clear why the nomarch should receive this money, ... In [43] 3 it is
the nomarch who distributes the seed to the cultivators : cf. App. ii (3). ..."
3. Life in Ancient Egypt by Adolf Erman (1894)
"The nomarch received, for instance, a leg of all the bulls sacrificed in the ...
It was important for the personal property of the nomarch that his family ..."
4. Primitive Civilizations: Or, Outlines of the History of Ownership in Archaic by Edith Jemima Simcox (1894)
"The proceedings began by two scribes of the Necropolis reporting to the nomarch
that certain royal tombs within it had been plundered. ..."
5. Sources of Ancient and Primitive Law by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"9 The Commandant of the West-quarter, Chief of the Police, PA-AU-AA, of the
necropolis, placed the names of the thieves in writing 10 before the nomarch. ..."
6. Evolution of Law: Select Readings on the Origin and Development of Legal by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"9 The Commandant of the West-quarter, Chief of the Police, PA-AU-AA, of the
necropolis, placed the names of the thieves in writing 10 before the nomarch. ..."
7. A History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest by James Henry Breasted (1909)
"The nomarch by means of this organization himself collected the revenues of his
... His power was considerable ; the nomarch of the Oryx-nome led four ..."
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