Found 2 items, similar to exarch.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: exarch 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Exarch 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]