'Exarch' definitions:
Definition of 'exarch'
From: WordNet
noun
A bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
noun
A bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
noun
A viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
Definition of 'Exarch'
From: GCIDE
- 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]