Definitions of exarch [ˈɛk sɑrk]

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) exarch
(in the Eastern Church)

2.  exarch
a patriarch's deputy.

3.  exarch
a bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan.

4.  exarch
a Byzantine viceroy.

5. (adj.) exarch
(of a xylem or root) maturing from the outside inward; having the youngest cells closest to the core.

Etymology: (1890–95; ex -²+ Gk archē beginning)

Definition of 'exarch'

Princeton's WordNet

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

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

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

Definition of 'exarch'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) exarch
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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