exarchate

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ex·arch

E0260500 (ĕk′särk′)n.1. A bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church ranking immediately below a patriarch.2. The ruler of a province in the Byzantine Empire.

[Late Latin exarchus, an overseer, from Greek exarkhos, from exarkhein, to lead : ex-, ex- + arkhein, to rule.]

ex·arch′al adj.ex′ar′chate (ĕk′sär′kāt), ex′ar′chy (-kē) n.

exarchate

(ˈɛksɑːˌkeɪt; ɛkˈsɑːkeɪt) or

exarchy

n, pl -chates or -chies (Ecclesiastical Terms) the office, rank, or jurisdiction of an exarch

Thesaurus

Noun

exarchate - a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Churcheparchybishopric, diocese, episcopate - the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

Translations

exarchat

Exarchate

enUK

Exarchate

a governorate in Byzantium from the late sixth to the late seventh century. The early exarchates were established in the western Byzantine Empire in lands retaken from the barbarians, the first exarchates being those of Ravenna and Carthage. Since the special circumstances attending such regions required the creation of a militarized and centralized government, exarchs headed not only the military forces but also the civil administration. The exarchate is sometimes regarded by Byzantine scholars as the prototype of the theme.

exarchate

enUK

noun

Synonyms for exarchate

noun a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Synonyms

eparchy

Related Words

bishopric
diocese
episcopate

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