exarchate

American  

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

Also exarchy

noun

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

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exarchate British  

/ ɛkˈsɑːkeɪt, 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

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Example Sentences

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exarchate

S. It is a fortified city, and the only episcopal see of the Bulgarian exarchate in Albania; most of the inhabitants are Albanians, but there is a strong Bulgarian colony.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Geographically the exarchate of Ravenna was bounded on the north by the Adige, the Tartaro, and the principal branch of the Po as far as its confluence with the Panaro.

From Ravenna, a Study by Edward Hutton

The Orthodox Church has metropolitans at Prizren, Durazzo, Berat, Iannina and Kortcha; the Bulgarian exarchate maintains a bishop at Dibra.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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.

From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou

The king promised not only to reconquer for the Holy See the exarchate and Pentapolis, then occupied by Aistulf, but to add to them likewise all the provinces of nearly all Italy from the Po.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies

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