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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The duchies of Spoleto and Benevento, and much else, were added to the exarchate "as it was of old" and given to the pope.
From Ravenna, a Study by Edward Hutton
Our predecessor distributed all appointments in the exarchate, and all who ruled received their orders from this city of Rome.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
It has been maintained by many historians that the great reform of which the establishment of the exarch and the exarchate is the result was the work of that very great reformer Justinian.
From Ravenna, a Study by Edward Hutton
On the south the Marecchia divided the exarchate from the duchy of Pentapolis whose capital was Rimini.
From Ravenna, a Study by Edward Hutton
It afterwards belonged to the Greek exarchate of Ravenna.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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