exarch | เอกซ์อาร์ก [พฤกษศาสตร์ ๑๘ ก.พ. ๒๕๔๕] |
exarch | (n) a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America |
exarch | (n) a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan |
exarch | (n) a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire |
Exarch | n. [ L. exarchus, Gr. &unr_; &unr_; commander; &unr_;, &unr_;, out + &unr_; 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 ] |
Exarchate | n. [ LL. exarchatus, fr. L. exarchus: cf. F. exarchat. ] The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |