Definition of "exarchate" [ex•ar•chate]

• The province or area of an exarch (noun)

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• "The opposition of the Bulgarians led, as we have already seen, to the establishment in 1870 of the exarchate, that is, of an independent Bulgarian Orthodox Church with the exarch at its head."
• "I note that an exarchate is the Eastern Rite parallel to the apostolic administration."
• "After the exarchate was destroyed by the Lombards, the Lombard kings were desirous of becoming masters also of the city of Rome; nothing could certainly be more natural."