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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•arch1 (ek′särk),USA pronunciation n. - Religion[Eastern Ch.]
- a patriarch's deputy.
- a title originally applied to a patriarch but later applied only to a bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan.
- World Historythe ruler of a province in the Byzantine Empire.
- Greek éxarchos overseer, leader, equivalent. to ex- ex-3 + -archos -arch
- Late Latin exarchus superintendent
- 1580–90
ex•arch′al, adj. ex•arch2 (ek′särk),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]- Botany(of a primary xylem or root) developing from the center;
having the youngest cells closest to the core.
- ex-2 + Greek arché̄ beginning 1890–95
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