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单词 exarch
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Definition of exarch in English:

exarch

noun ˈɛksɑːkˈɛksɑrk
  • 1(in the Orthodox Church) a bishop lower in rank than a patriarch and having jurisdiction wider than the metropolitan of a diocese.

    (正教会中的)督主教(地位低于宗主教,管辖权大于都主教)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was the case, for example, with the negotiations conducted with King Agilulf which met with the displeasure of Romanus the exarch in Ravenna, the senior representative of imperial power in Italy.
    • More significant for the moment was Ignatiev's patronage of the campaign of the Bulgarian merchant colony at Constantinople to obtain a Bulgarian exarch.
  • 2historical A governor of a distant province under the Byzantine emperors.

    〈史〉(拜占庭帝国即东罗马帝国君主以下偏远省份的)总督

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He devotedly served the Byzantine empire as the ‘holy commonwealth’, but sometimes acted independently of emperor and exarchs.
    • Until the beginning of the eighth century, the emperor maintained strict control over his remaining Italian possessions through the exarch (or governor, usually a Greek) and an elaborate hierarchy of officials.

Origin

Late 16th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek exarkhos, from ex- 'out of' + arkhos 'ruler'.

Definition of exarch in US English:

exarch

nounˈɛksɑrkˈeksärk
  • 1(in the Orthodox Church) a bishop lower in rank than a patriarch and having jurisdiction wider than the metropolitan of a diocese.

    (正教会中的)督主教(地位低于宗主教,管辖权大于都主教)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was the case, for example, with the negotiations conducted with King Agilulf which met with the displeasure of Romanus the exarch in Ravenna, the senior representative of imperial power in Italy.
    • More significant for the moment was Ignatiev's patronage of the campaign of the Bulgarian merchant colony at Constantinople to obtain a Bulgarian exarch.
  • 2historical A governor of a distant province under the Byzantine emperors.

    〈史〉(拜占庭帝国即东罗马帝国君主以下偏远省份的)总督

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Until the beginning of the eighth century, the emperor maintained strict control over his remaining Italian possessions through the exarch (or governor, usually a Greek) and an elaborate hierarchy of officials.
    • He devotedly served the Byzantine empire as the ‘holy commonwealth’, but sometimes acted independently of emperor and exarchs.

Origin

Late 16th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek exarkhos, from ex- ‘out of’ + arkhos ‘ruler’.

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