omniarch

English

Etymology

From omni- +‎ -arch.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒmnɪək/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑmnɪˈɑɹk/

Noun

omniarch (plural omniarchs)

1. A ruler of the world or everything.
   • 1860, Thomas Lake Harris, Regina: A Song of Many Days‎^[1], W. White, New Church Publishing, page 163:

     I was a man born to a field estate:/Abaddon was my brother, and he grew/To his vast prime, an omniarch, elate/With knowledges of power, and, ere the dew/Of youthful mom fled his pellucid eyes,/His soul had cleft the vaulted centuries.

   • 1893, Luigi Cossa, Louis Dyer, An Introduction to the Study of Political Economy‎^[2], Macmillan and Company, pages 530–531:

     These are all to be federated , and finally to embrace the whole world under a supreme magistrate or "omniarch, residing in Constantinople. Fourier's system prefers agriculture to other branches of work, and particularly affects arboriculture and horticulture. It also favours agriculture on a large scale, and provides for a comparative falling off in manufactures through the abatement of luxury.

   • 1922, Aurel Kolnai, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul, Psychoanalysis and Sociology‎^[3], Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 126:

     Enfantin, the leader of the Saint-Simonians, bore the title of Father. In Fourier's scheme it was expressly declared that there were to be rulers or unarchs; and the supreme ruler, who was to reside in Constantinople, would be known as the omniarch.

Further reading

• “omniarch”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “omniarch” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• choirman, chromian, harmonic, rahmonic