exarchate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of exarchate
First recorded in 1555–65, exarchate is from the Medieval Latin word exarchātus domain of an exarch. See exarch 1, -ate 3
Example Sentences
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During a period of 200 years Italy was unequally divided between the king of the Lombards and the exarchate of Ravenna.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
It appears first in a document of Aistulf of 753 or 754 as a city forming part of the exarchate of Ravenna.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
It afterwards belonged to the Greek exarchate of Ravenna.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Adrian, in a letter to Charlemagne,249 declares his will to maintain and exercise in the exarchate and Pentapolis exactly the same power which Stephen II. had received.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
Not only did he not give up a palm of land in the exarchate: he broke again into the Roman territory, took cities, laid waste the country.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
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