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exarch

1 American  
[ek-sahrk] / ˈɛk sɑrk /

noun

  1. Eastern Church.

    1. a patriarch's deputy.

    2. a title originally applied to a patriarch but later applied only to a bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan.

  2. the ruler of a province in the Byzantine Empire.

exarch 2 American  
[ek-sahrk] / ˈɛk sɑrk /

adjective

Botany.

  1. (of a primary xylem or root) developing from the center; having the youngest cells closest to the core.

exarch 1 British  
/ ˈɛksɑːk /

noun

  1. the head of certain autonomous Orthodox Christian Churches, such as that of Bulgaria and Cyprus

  2. any of certain Eastern Orthodox bishops, lower in rank than a patriarch but higher than a metropolitan

  3. the governor of a province in the Byzantine Empire

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exarch 2 British  
/ ˈɛksɑːk /

adjective

  1. botany (of a xylem strand) having the first-formed xylem external to that formed later Compare endarch mesarch

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Other Word Forms

  • exarchal adjective

Etymology

Origin of exarch1

1580–90; < Late Latin exarchus superintendent < Greek éxarchos overseer, leader, equivalent to ex- ex- 3 + -archos -arch

Origin of exarch2

1890–95; ex- 2 + Greek archḗ beginning

Example Sentences

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Most colorful visitors at the opening last week were the Russian and Eastern Orthodox representatives�bearded patriarchs like Archimandrite Vitaly of Russia, Archbishop Panteleimon of Greece and Metropolitan Germanos, Greek Orthodox exarch for Western Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the 18th of March 339 the exarch of Egypt suddenly confronted Athanasius with an imperial edict, by which he was deposed and a Cappadocian named Gregory was nominated bishop in his place.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

For a long time no opposition was perceived; when the last exarch fell into the Lombard king's power Rome seemed to be the sure prey of him who had won Ravenna.

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

The Pope again, as in the time of Pope Sergius, ordered the gates to be closed; induced the Italians to retire from Rome, and saved the exarch.

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

Yet more submissive is the tone of the letter to the exarch.

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

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