Definitions for exarch

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exarch ex·arch

Spelling: [ek-sahrk]

IPA: /ˈɛk sɑrk/

Exarch is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in exarch (acehrx).

Definitions for exarch

noun

1. Eastern Church. a patriarch's deputy. a title originally applied to a patriarch but later applied only to a bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan.
2. the ruler of a province in the Byzantine Empire.

adjective

1. (of a primary xylem or root) developing from the center; having the youngest cells closest to the core.

Origin of exarch

1580-90; Late Latin exarchus superintendent Greek éxarchos overseer, leader, equivalent to ex- ex-³ + -archos -arch

Examples for exarch

The exarch of Africa, Heraclius, one of the chief officers of the state, also received the shocking tidings with indignation.

He also promised to instruct the exarch of Ravenna to co–operate with Childebert.

The exarch Paul fled to the lagoons and appealed to Orso for help.

I first met the exarch some years ago while on a visit to Bulgaria.

A fleet, fitted out by him in support of the exarch, was lost in a storm.

The latter commission is presided over by the “exarch” (supra).

The exarch is established at Ravenna, representing the Emperor of the East.

They were discovered, and fled to Ravenna, where the exarch held his court.

An exception should be made in the case of Georgia, which is governed by an “exarch,” with three suffragans under him.

An “exarch” means properly a superior metropolitan having several provinces under him.