exarchate

American  

[ek-sahr-keyt, -kit, ek-sahr-keyt] / ˈɛk sɑrˌkeɪt, -kɪt, ɛkˈsɑr keɪt /

Also exarchy

noun

1. the office, jurisdiction, or province of an exarch.

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exarchate British  

/ ɛkˈsɑːkeɪt, ˈɛksɑːkɪ, ˈɛksɑːˌkeɪt /

noun

1. the office, rank, or jurisdiction of an exarch

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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

While Zachary continued to pay homage to the sovereignty of the emperors, Liutprand made himself master of the exarchate, and his successor, Rachis, immediately after stipulated with the Romans for a peace of twenty years.

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Again, when Pepin obliged the Lombard king to cede the exarchate of Ravenna not to the emperor but to Rome, the words employed were: "to the Holy Church and the Roman Republic."

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In 568 the Lombards, under Alboin, appeared in Italy, which they overran as far south as the Tiber, establishing their kingdom on the ruins of the exarchate.

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There are indeed no mean traces of this art in Adriatic Italy; the exarchate at Ravenna, the eastern traffic of Venice, have shown their influence on Italian art and architecture.

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These words may fitly introduce us to the Byzantine exarchate as a government.

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