exarch

noun

a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire

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

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

Roots

ekex- · Greek · out, chief archeinarch- · Greek · rule, lead

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