Exarch – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
exarch
n.
viceroy; rank below patriarch in Eastern church (Religion)
Exarch
In the
Byzantine Empire, an
exarch (;
exarchos) was a governor with extended authority over a province at some distance from the capital
Constantinople. The prevailing situation frequently involved him in military operations.
exarch
Noun
1. a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox churches in North America
(hypernym) bishop
2. a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
(hypernym) bishop
3. a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
(hypernym) viceroy, vicereine
Exarch
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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