Look up: Exarch

1. Exarch
   Ex'arch noun [ Latin exarchus , Greek ... ... commander; ...,..., out + ... to lead, rule: confer French exarque .] A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several m...
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2. exarch
   noun a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
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3. Exarch
   • (n.) 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.
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4. exarch
   (from the article `Italy`) ...was nominally a single unit, but it too in reality fell into several separate pieces. Its political centre was Ravenna, which was ruled by a ... It was in this context that the popes gradually increased their secular authority. The exarchs did relatively little to defend Rome, which was ... Little is kno...
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5. Exarch
   :This article is about Byzantine governors and ecclesiastical ranks. For other uses, use Exarch (disambiguation). In the Byzantine Empire, an `exarch` (; exarchos) was governor with extended authority of a province at some remove from the capital Constantinople. The prevailing situatio...
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