Ec-cle'si-ārch, n.

noun

(ek-klēz'i-ärk), n. [Fr. ecclési-arque, from Lat. ecclesia, Gr. ἐκκλησία, church, and ἀρχός, leader, from ἄρχειν, to be first, to rule. See ECCLESIASTIC.] A ruler of the church.