1
: a Byzantine viceroy
2
: an Eastern bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan
specifically
: the head of an independent church
: formed or taking place from the periphery toward the center
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In that last phase, the city was the capital of a territory called the exarchate, whose commander, the exarch, was sent from Constantinople.
—Anthony Kaldellis, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
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“Exarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exarch. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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