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exarchal

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ex⋅arch

1  [ek-sahrk]
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–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·arch 1   (ěk'särk')   
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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