exarchate

9.9

A church area ruled by a senior bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church

noun
/ˈɛksɑːrkeɪt/

Specialized

: exarcado

Several years afterwards, in 1976, the exarchate was granted full diocesan (eparchial) status by Rome, marking a significant milestone in Melkite history in this country.

Examples

The leaders of the exarchate convened to discuss important matters affecting the diocese.
Historically, the exarchate was responsible for overseeing multiple parishes in the region.
But my looks were a mere coincidence; they came from the pure Emilian blood of my mother, from her distant ancestors of the Exarchate, the Greek Byzantines.

Fiction book (1997)
The exarchate in Ukraine plays a vital role in the spiritual life of its communities.

Synonyms

archdiocese

vsexarchate

Specialized

46 8.7

A district of churches led by an archbishop in some Christian churches

is led by a different kind of senior official rather than an archbishop

eparchy

vsexarchate

9.9

A district led by a bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church

is governed by a higher ranking church official rather than a bishop

episcopate

vsexarchate

Formal

9.9

The area that a bishop is in charge of

is ruled by a distinct senior official instead of a bishop

ecclesiastical province

vsexarchate

Formal

9.9

An area of Christian churches led by an archbishop

is a single district under one official rather than a multiunit region

How Big

metropolis

175 5.2

patriarchate

Specialized

2 9.9

exarchate

Specialized

9.9

diocese

107 7.6

parish

138 4.1

Surface Forms

exarchate singular

exarchates plural

Morphology

exarchate = exarch (transparent) = exarch + ate

The noun is directly formed from the title 'exarch' with the territorial/office-forming suffix '-ate', so the meaning 'district under an exarch' follows straightforwardly from the base.

Etymology

The word exarchate comes from the Greek title exarch, a leader sent out to rule a region; ex- means 'out' and arch means 'ruler', the same root as in monarch. So an exarchate is the area 'ruled by' that leader, often in the Eastern Orthodox Church.