Eastern Church title

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

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An exarch was a military governor within the Byzantine Empire and still is a high prelate in certain Christian churches. In fiction, exarch can mean: In the Dark Ages continuation of BattleTech, the title of Exarch is that of the elected chief executive ...

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 ...

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

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 ...