Exarch

What do we mean by exarch?

A bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church ranking immediately below a patriarch. noun

The ruler of a province in the Byzantine Empire. noun

The ruler of a province in the Byzantine empire. The most important was the exarch of Ravenna. See exarchate. noun

In the early church, a prelate presiding over a diocese: as, the exarch of Ephesus. The title is often used as synonymous with patriarch; but strictly the exarch was inferior in rank and power to the patriarch, and superior to the metropolitan. noun

In the Gr. Ch., a legate of a patriarch, whose duty it is to sustain the authority of the patriarch, and to obtain accurate information concerning the lives of the clergy, ecclesiastical observances, monastic discipline, etc., in the provinces assigned to him. The power of the exarchs is very great. They can absolve, depose, or excommunicate in the name of the patriarch. noun

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. noun

In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province. noun

In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch. 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. noun

A bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America noun

A bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan noun

A viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire noun

In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.

In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to exarch:
exarch, eparch, egarch, enarch, hexarch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word exarch:
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Words that rhyme with exarch:
convex arch, middlesex arch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe exarch:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective exarch:
xylem, protostele, protoxylem, position, condition, heraclius, structure, strands, maturation, groups, protosteles, resident, theophylactus, type, arrangement, theophylact, lossef.

Words that sound like exarch:
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