exarch

/ˌɛkˈsɑrk/

Other forms: exarchs

Definitions of exarch

1. noun

   a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
   type of:

   bishop

   a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
2. noun

   a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
   type of:

   bishop

   a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
3. noun

   a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
   type of:

   vicereine, viceroy

   governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign