#high office

• Archonship — A form of government, dignity, leadership, or office held by an archon; a territory, province, or sphere of influence under the administrative or political jurisdiction of such a magistrate or high official. In an extended and historical sense, the term refers to the period of exercising executive power within a Hellenic or Byzantine magistracy, or to the status of a high boyar in the old administration of the Romanian Principalities.