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ex·arch1       [ek-sahrk] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Eastern Church.
a.a patriarch's deputy.
b.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.
[Origin: 1580–90; < LL exarchus superintendent < Gk éxarchos overseer, leader, equiv. to ex- ex-3 + -archos -arch]

—Related forms
ex·arch·al, adjective
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ex·arch2       [ek-sahrk] Pronunciation Key
–adjective Botany.
(of a primary xylem or root) developing from the center; having the youngest cells closest to the core.
[Origin: 1890–95; ex-2 + Gk arch beginning]
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ex·arch 1       (ěk'särk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church ranking immediately below a patriarch.
  2. The ruler of a province in the Byzantine Empire.


[Late Latin exarchus, an overseer, from Greek exarkhos, from exarkhein, to lead : ex-, ex- + arkhein, to rule.]

ex·arch'al adj., ex'ar'chate (ěk'sär'kāt), ex'ar'chy (-kē) n.
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ex·arch 2       (ěk'särk')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Botany
Of or relating to a xylem whose early development is away from the center and toward the periphery.


[ex(o)- + Greek arkhē, beginning (from arkhein, to rule, begin).]

ex'arch' n.
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exarch

noun
1. a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America 
2. a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan 
3. a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire 

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Exarch

Ex"arch\, n. [L. exarchus, Gr. ? ? commander; ?,?, out + ? to lead, rule: cf. F. exarque.] A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch, who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

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