Definitions
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- noun One of the
chiefs orpontiffs of theRoman province ofAsia , who had thesuperintendence of the publicgames andreligious rites .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Speaking thus, they cried out, and besought Philip the Asiarch [452] to let loose a lion upon Polycarp.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
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The mob rushed frantically upon the crowd of book-destroyers, and would have torn them to pieces but for the intervention of the law, represented by an Asiarch who was present.
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'That is impossible' was the answer of the Asiarch, 'for the sports have closed.'
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The great annual festival was being held at Smyrna, presided over by the Asiarch and 'high priest' [95] Philip, a wealthy citizen of the wealthy Tralles, and graced by the presence of the Proconsul Statius Quadratus.
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[95] The subjects of the Asiarchate, of the identity of Asiarch and high-priest, have suggested to the Bishop of Durham another of those exhaustive discussions which will win for him the gratitude of the students (see ii. 987, &c.) [96] The name given by the heathen to the Christians, whom they counted godless because they had neither image nor visible representation of the
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With the honour of president of the annual festival of the emperor went other distinctions, a special title (Asiarch, Bithyniarch, Galatarch), in addition to various marks of honour.
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Saying these things, they cried out and demanded of Philip, the Asiarch, to let a lion loose upon Polycarp.
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On the outskirts of the crowd are numerous bonfires, upon which Jew and Gentile are throwing into the flames bundle upon bundle of scrolls, while an Asiarch with his peace-officers looks on with the conventional stolidity of policemen in all ages and all nations.
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Sometimes the same person will unite in himself the two offices of recorder and Asiarch, either simultaneously or not.
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On the outskirts of the crowd are numerous bonfires, upon which Jew and Gentile are throwing into the flames bundle upon bundle of scrolls, while an Asiarch with his peace-officers looks on with the conventional stolidity of policemen in all ages and all nations.
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