Exarch

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 Church, a deputy of
     the patriarch, who visits the clergy, investigates


     ecclesiastical cases, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exarch
       n 1: a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox churches in
            North America
       2: a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a
          patriarch but above a metropolitan
       3: a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire