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Definition of Exarch
1. Noun. A bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America.
Generic synonyms: Bishop
2. Noun. A bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan.
Generic synonyms: Bishop
3. Noun. A viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire.
Definition of Exarch
1. n. 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.
Definition of Exarch
1. the ruler of a province in the Byzantine Empire [n -S] : EXARCHAL [adj]