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EXARCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("exarch" is a kind of...):
vicereine; viceroy (governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("exarch" is a kind of...):
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("exarch" is a kind of...):
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
