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exarchies

exarchies is the plural of exarchy.

Meaning of exarchy

Noun (1)

exarchy (countable and uncountable, plural exarchies)

  1. The jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.
    • He was warmly received everywhere and the replacement of the exarchy apparatus — the district chairman, directors, inspectors and Bulgarian teachers — went fairly painlessly, which shows that the majority of the Macedonian citizens agreed with and enthusiastically accepted his attitudes.1986, Macedonian Review - Volumes 16-17, page 151

Noun (2)

exarchy (uncountable)

  1. A vascular system in which development starts in the regions farthest from the axis and spreads inward.
    • There is no doubt, however, that if endarchy is primitive in the protostelic and immediately derived types, it very rapidly gives place to mesarchy and exarchy in response to various demands, and it is not difficult to show how this may have occurred.1908, Sir Arthur George Tansley, Lectures on the Evolution of the Filicinean Vascular System, page 16

Questions about exarchies

What is exarchies the plural of?
Exarchies is the plural of exarchy.

Words near exarchies in the dictionary

  1. exarch
  2. exarchal
  3. exarchate
  4. exarchates
  5. exarchic
  6. exarchies
  7. exarchist
  8. exarchists
  9. exarchs
  10. exarchy
  11. exareolate

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