Alabarch

Alabarch

Alabarch (v. gr.), 1) Zollschreiber, Zolleinnehmer, der den Pacht von den Triften einnimmt; 2) bes. die höchste Obrigkeit der Juden in Ägypten.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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