Pha·nar'i·ot noun Also Pha*nar'i*ote [ NGr. ..., from Phanar . See Phanar .] One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/69
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Pha·nar'i·ot noun Also Pha*nar'i*ote [ NGr. ..., from Phanar . See Phanar .] One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.