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exarchy

exarchy noun: the jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.

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
    • These exarchies arose in the ninth century when the superiors of monasteries exercised pastoral care of faithful who belonged to churches dependent on the monastery.1992, John D. Faris, Catholic Church, The Eastern Catholic churches

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
    • Fossil evidence supports neither the view that exarchy is more primitive than mesarchy, nor the view that mesarchy is more primitive than exarchy.1952, David William Bierhorst, On the Morphology, Anatomy, and Phylogeny of the Psilotaceae

Forms of exarchy

pluralexarchies

Origin of exarchy

From Ancient Greek ἐξαρχία (exarkhía).

From exo- + -archy.

Questions about exarchy

What does exarchy mean?
Exarchy means the jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.
What part of speech is exarchy?
Exarchy is a noun.
What is the plural of exarchy?
The plural of exarchy is exarchies.

Words near exarchy in the dictionary

  1. exarchic
  2. exarchies
  3. exarchist
  4. exarchists
  5. exarchs
  6. exarchy
  7. exareolate
  8. exarillate
  9. exaristate
  10. exarticulate
  11. exarticulated

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