Definition of Exarchate

1. Noun. A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Exact synonyms: Eparchy
Generic synonyms: Bishopric, Diocese, Episcopate
Derivative terms: Eparchial

Definition of Exarchate

1. n. The office or the province of an exarch.

Definition of Exarchate

1. Noun. (historical) the province or area of an exarch ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exarchate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exarchate

exanthropic
exantlate
exantlated
exantlates
exantlating
exantlation
exaptation
exaptations
exapted
exaptive
exarate
exaration
exarations
exarch
exarchal
exarchate (current term)
exarchates
exarchies
exarchs
exarchy
exarillate
exarteritis
exarticulate
exarticulation
exarticulations
exascale
exasecond
exaseconds
exasperate
exasperated

Literary usage of Exarchate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"During a period of two hundred years, Italy was unequally divided between the kingdom of the Lombards and the exarchate of Ravenna. ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"Daring a period of two hundred years, Italy was im-Th.ex»rcj»u equally divided between the kingdom of the Lombards and the exarchate of Ravenna. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Thereafter Ravenna and the exarchate were governed in the name of the pope by the archbishop, assisted by THE GOOD SHEPHERD V-Century Mosaic in the ..."

4. The Power of the Pope During the Middle Ages: Or, An Historical Inquiry Into by Jean Edme Auguste Gosselin (1853)
"Fifth Proposition—From Charlemagne's Elevation to the Empire the Pope retains the Sovereignty of Rome and of the exarchate. If we examine attentively the ..."

5. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"The events of those times which did make a change on the map were, first the conquest of the exarchate by Lombard the Lombards, and secondly, the overthrow ..."

6. Macedonia by Tihomir R. Đorđević (1918)
"... Bulgarian exarchate—Detriment caused to the Serbs in Turkey by the creation of the Bulgarian exarchate—Attitude of the Greek Church towards the ..."

7. The History of the Popes: From the Foundation of the See of Rome to the by Archibald Bower (1754)
"... to the other Cities of the exarchate, where the fame Disturbances reigned ... the Recovery of the exarchate, which the wicked Nation of the Lombards had ..."

8. The History of Romanism: from the Earliest Corruptions of Christianity to by John Dowling (1845)
"... burning with rage against the Pope ; first, for bringing the French to invade his dominions; and second, for claiming the exarchate for himself, ..."

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