Associations to the word «Exarch»
Noun
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Wiktionary
EXARCH, noun. (historical) In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.
EXARCH, noun. In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.
EXARCH, noun. In these same churches, a bishop appointed over a group of the faithful not yet large enough or organized enough to constitute an eparchy or diocese.
Dictionary definition
EXARCH, noun. A bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America.
EXARCH, noun. A bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan.
EXARCH, noun. A viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire.
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