Home › Words › A › archontiaarchontiaarchontia means an archontate.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, archontia ranks #26,392 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek αρχοντιά (arkhontiá).nounAn archontate.e.g.“To sum up, the sigillographic evidence shows that Crete was an archontia governed by archons until the Arab invasion and the beginning of their conquest, i.e. circa 827-828.” — 1988, Dēmētrēs Tsounkarakēs, Byzantine Crete: From the 5th Century to the Venetian Conquest, page 177:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.archontate 82% match — The office or position of an archon vs archontia →archontological 74% match — Relating to archontology vs archontia →archontologist 70% match — A person who studies archontology vs archontia →archontic 70% match — Of or relating to an archon. vs archontia →archonship 66% match — The rank or office of an archon. vs archontia →archon 65% match — A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. vs archontia →archeparchate 61% match — An archeparchy, or archdiocese of an archbishop. vs archontia →arrhenotokic 60% match — Relating to arrhenotoky. vs archontia →