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exarchate|ˈɛksɑːkeɪt, ɛkˈsɑːkət|
Also 6–7 exarchat, -cat.
[ad. late L. exarchāt-us, f. exarchus: see exarch n. Cf. Fr. exarchat.]
1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of an exarch, whether
a. civil, or
b. ecclesiastical.
a.1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 196 b, Longinus brought in a new name of dignitie, that is to witte, the exarchate of Italie. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. 259* After the overthrow of the Exarchat..the Romans began to be governed by..the Popes. 1678Wanley Wond. Lit. World v. ii. §16. 469/2 Justinus the second instituted the Exarchate of Ravenna. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. Exarch The exarchs subsisted about a hundred and eighty-five years, and ended in Eutychius; under whose exarchate the city of Ravenna was taken by the Lombard king.
b.1876Daily News 16 Dec. 5/6 A self-governed province, including the territory of the Bulgarian exarchate.
2. The province or territory governed by an exarch, whether
a. civil, or
b. ecclesiastical.
a.1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 117/1 Pipinus..gaue..to the said see of Rome, the exarchat or princedome of Rauenna. 1764Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) V. 39 Pepin and Charlemagne..gave the duchy of Rome and the exarchate of Ravenna to the popes. 1861J. Sheppard Fall Rome vi. 314 The Byzantines still retained the exarchate.
b.1877E. Venables in Dict. Chr. Biog. I. 290/2 He [Basil] was to be found in every part of his exarchate.
Hence † eˈxarchateˌship, Obs.
1606G. W[oodcocke] tr. Justin's Hist. Hh vj a, Iustinivs..instituted the Exarchatship. |