Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun exarch

3 senses of exarch

Sense 1
exarch -- (a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America)
       => bishop -- (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Sense 2
exarch -- (a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan)
       => bishop -- (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Sense 3
exarch -- (a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire)
       => viceroy, vicereine -- (governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign)