Exarch
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
Framework senses
- §1
- a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
- §2
- a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
- §3
- a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America