[ad. L. *archontātus (cf. F. archontat), f. Gr. ἀρχοντ- stem of ἄρχων; see prec. and -ATE1.] An archon’s tenure of office.
1762. Gibbon, Misc. Wks. (1814), V. 272. All our dates in olympiads or archontats.
1847. Grote, Greece, II. xi. III. 125. The period immediately preceding the Archontate of Solon.
