Orthodox Church official

• Eastern Church title
• Byzantine governor
• Bishop in file at the back by a rook getting check
• Eastern Orthodox deputy

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exarch \Ex"arch\, n. [L. exarchus, Gr. ? ? commander; ?,?, out + ? to lead, rule: cf. F. exarque.] 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 ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from Late Latin exarchus , from Greek exarkhos "a leader," from ex (see ex- ) + arkhos "leader, chief, ruler" (see archon ). Related: Exarchate .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) In the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%20Empire, a governor of a distant province. 2 In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox churches in North America a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the Byzantine Empire , an exarch (; exarchos ) was a governor with extended authority over a province at some distance from the capital Constantinople . The prevailing situation frequently involved him in military operations. In the Eastern Christian ...