Exarch

[eksɑ:k]

Definition

(noun.) a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire.

(noun.) a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan.

(noun.) a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America.

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Definition

(n.) A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

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Definition

n. name formerly given to the vicegerent of the Byzantine empire in Italy: a bishop: (Gr. Church) an ecclesiastical inspector.—n. Exarch′ate the office of an exarch.

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