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exarchate

exarchate noun: the province or area of an exarch.

Noun

exarchate (plural exarchates)

  1. (historical) The province or area of an exarch.
    • Exarchate of Africa
    • Astolphus peremptorily refused to listen to the remonstrances of Pepin, who called upon him to evacuate the towns in the exarchate of Ravenna, and to leave the Pope unmolested in the environs of Rome as well as in Rome itself.1868, Robert Black, A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times

Forms of exarchate

pluralexarchates

Origin of exarchate

From exarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

Questions about exarchate

What does exarchate mean?
Exarchate means the province or area of an exarch.
What part of speech is exarchate?
Exarchate is a noun.
What is the plural of exarchate?
The plural of exarchate is exarchates.

Words near exarchate in the dictionary

  1. exarated
  2. exaration
  3. exarations
  4. exarch
  5. exarchal
  6. exarchate
  7. exarchates
  8. exarchic
  9. exarchies
  10. exarchist
  11. exarchists

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