Definition of Exarch. Meaning of Exarch. Synonyms of Exarch

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Definition of Exarch

Exarch
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.

Meaning of Exarch from wikipedia

- An exarch (/ˈɛksɑːrk/; from Ancient Gr**** ἔξαρχος exarchos) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military...
- the 6th and 8th centuries, the territories under the jurisdiction of the exarch of Italy (exarchus Italiae) resident in Ravenna. The term is used in historiography...
- having received the approval of the Byzantine exarch of Ravenna. He was the last pope to s**** the exarch's ratification of a papal election. Immediately...
- An exarch /ˈɛksɑːrk/ was a military governor within the Byzantine Empire and still is a high prelate in certain Christian churches. Look up exarch in...
- John the Exarch (also transcribed Joan Ekzarh; Church Slavonic: Їѡаннъ Єѯархъ Bulgarian: Йоан Екзарх) was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and translator...
- that encomp****ed its possessions on the Western Mediterranean. Ruled by an exarch (viceroy), it was established by the Emperor Maurice in 591 and survived...
- role through World War II. Leonid Feodorov was the first Russian Catholic Exarch of Russia, and was imprisoned by the Soviets for over decade, before dying...
- Eutychius (Ancient Gr****: Ευτύχιος, romanized: Eutúkhios) was the last Exarch of Ravenna, heading the Exarchate from 726 or 727 until 751. The Exarchate...
- but the Roman people and the Italian militia of the exarch of Ravenna refused to allow the exarch to bring Sergius to Constantinople. Sergius I came from...
- disagreement with respect to iconoclasm, and failure of the emperors, or their exarchs in Italy, to protect Rome and the rest of the peninsula from barbarian...