Dictionary entry

PRESIDENT

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(sarac or sareca, only used (Daniel 6:1)... the Chaldee equivalent for Hebrew shter, probably from sara, Zend. a "head"), a high officer in the Persian court, a chief, a president, used of the three highest ministers.

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