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Exarch (other)
An exarch is primarily a regional (administrative, military, or ecclesiastical) official in various jurisdictions, both historical and modern: * Exarch (Roman Empire), a variant name for the office of imperial ''vicar'', a civilian governor of an imperial diocese in the late Roman Empire * a regional governor in the Byzantine Empire, with both civilian and military powers: ** Exarch of Africa ** Exarch of Ravenna * Ecclesiastical exarch, an ecclesiastical official in various Christian denominations, both historical and modern In biology, exarch can mean: * A pattern of Xylem development Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, the other being phloem; both of these are part of the vascular bundle. The basic function of the xylem is to transport water upward from the roots to parts of the plants such ... In fiction, exarch can mean: * In the Dark Ages continuation of BattleTech, the title of Exarch is that of the elected chief executive of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Exarch
An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'') was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire, an ''exarch'' was a governor of a particular territory. From the end of the 3rd century or early 4th, every Roman diocese was governed by a vicarius, who was titled "exarch" in eastern parts of the Empire, where the Greek language and the use of Greek terminology dominated, even though Latin was the language of the imperial administration from the provincial level up until the 440s (Greek translations were sent out with the official Latin text). In Greek texts, the Latin title is spelled βικάριος (). The office of exarch as a governor with extended political and military authority was later created in the Byzantine Empire, with jurisdiction over a particular territory, usually a frontier region at some distance from the capital Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
