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Bookmark or Share- Exarch - WikipediaAn exarch ( / ˈɛksɑːrk /; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος exarchos, meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire, an exarch was a governor of a particular territory.
- Exarch | Byzantine government official | Britannica…appointed from Constantinople and called exarch from about 590. Exarchs were changed quite frequently, probably because military figures far from the centre of the empire who developed a local following might revolt (as happened in 619 and 651) or else turn themselves into autonomous rulers.
- exarch, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English DictionaryThe earliest known use of the noun exarch is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for exarch is from 1588, in the writing of William Allen, cardinal. exarch is a borrowing from Latin.
- EXARCH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary4 meanings: 1. the head of certain autonomous Orthodox Christian Churches, such as that of Bulgaria and Cyprus 2. any of.... Click for more definitions.
- Exarch - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comDefinitions of exarch. noun. a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan. see more. noun. a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America. see more. noun. a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire.
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