Definitions for exarchate
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ex•archˈɛk sɑrk(n.)
(in the Eastern Church) a patriarch's deputy. a bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan.
Category: Religion
a Byzantine viceroy.
Category: Western History
Origin of exarch:
1580–90; < LL exarchus superintendent < Gk éxarchos overseer, leader
ex′ar•chate`(n.)
ex•archˈɛk sɑrk(adj.)
(of a xylem or root) maturing from the outside inward; having the youngest cells closest to the core.
Category: Botany
Origin of exarch:
1890–95; ex -2+ Gk archḗ beginning
Princeton's WordNet
eparchy, exarchate(noun)
a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Wiktionary
exarchate(Noun)
the province or area of an exarch
Webster Dictionary
Exarchate(noun)
the office or the province of an exarch
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