exarch | ||
1. | [ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan | |
Related terms: | bishop | |
2. | [ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox churches in North America | |
Related terms: | bishop | |
3. | [ noun ] (politics,government) a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire | |
Related terms: | viceroy | |
Similar spelling: |
exarchate |