exarch

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noun

ex·​arch ˈek-ˌsärk 

1

: a Byzantine viceroy

2

: an Eastern bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan

specifically : the head of an independent church

exarchal

ek-ˈsär-kəl 

adjective

exarchate

ˈek-ˌsär-kət 

noun

exarchy

ˈek-ˌsär-kē 

noun

exarch

2 of 2

adjective

: formed or taking place from the periphery toward the center

exarch xylem

Examples of exarch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In that last phase, the city was the capital of a territory called the exarchate, whose commander, the exarch, was sent from Constantinople. —Anthony Kaldellis, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Late Latin exarchus, from Late Greek exarchos, from Greek, leader, from exarchein to begin, take the lead, from ex- + archein to rule, begin — more at arch-

Adjective

exo- + -arch

First Known Use

Noun

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1891, in the meaning defined above