exarch
/ˈeksɑːk/noun
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)。
2
- historical 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。
词源
late 16th cent.: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek exarkhos, from ex- 'out of'+arkhos 'ruler'.