exarchate

exarchate [ek-sahr-keyt, -kit, ek-sahr-keyt] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the office, jurisdiction, or province of an exarch.

Also ex·ar·chy [ek-sahr-kee] /ˈɛk sɑr ki/. Origin of exarchate First recorded in 1555–65, exarchate is from the Medieval Latin word exarchātus domain of an exarch. See exarch1, -ate3 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for exarchate Historical Examples of exarchate

It has been suggested that the design is of the date of the Exarchate.

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Extinction of the exarchate of Ravenna by the Lombards under Astolphus.

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During a period of 200 years Italy was unequally divided between the king of the Lombards and the exarchate of Ravenna.

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Commentators frequently identify the seventh head with the Exarchate of Ravenna.

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Liudprand pressed hard, not only upon the Greek dominions of the exarchate, but also upon Rome.

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British Dictionary definitions for exarchate exarchate exarchy (ˈɛksɑːkɪ) noun plural -chates or -chies

1. the office, rank, or jurisdiction of an exarch

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