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
By the end of the year he had surrendered the exarchate to St. Peter, and Rome had accepted her Pontiff Stephen as her king.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
It afterwards belonged to the Greek exarchate of Ravenna.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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 Allies, Thomas W.
On the south the Marecchia divided the exarchate from the duchy of Pentapolis whose capital was Rimini.
From Ravenna, a Study by Hutton, Edward
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