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noun
In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.
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noun
In these same churches, a bishop appointed over a group of the faithful not yet large enough or organized enough to constitute an eparchy or diocese.
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noun
a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: viceroy, vicereine
noun
a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bishop
noun
a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bishop
History
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin exarchus.
Across languages
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