Definitions for exarchs

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exarchs ex·arch

Spelling: [ek-sahrk]

IPA: /ˈɛk sɑrk/

Exarchs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in exarchs (acehrsx).

Definitions for exarchs

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 exarchs

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

Examples for exarchs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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