exarchate

American  

[ek-sahr-keyt, -kit, ek-sahr-keyt] / ˈɛk sɑrˌkeɪt, -kɪt, ɛkˈsɑr keɪt /

Also exarchy

noun

1. the office, jurisdiction, or province of an exarch.

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exarchate British  

/ ɛkˈsɑːkeɪt, ˈɛksɑːkɪ, ˈɛksɑːˌkeɪt /

noun

1. the office, rank, or jurisdiction of an exarch

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Etymology

Origin of exarchate

First recorded in 1555–65, exarchate is from the Medieval Latin word exarchātus domain of an exarch. See exarch ¹, -ate ³

Example Sentences

While Zachary continued to pay homage to the sovereignty of the emperors, Liutprand made himself master of the exarchate, and his successor, Rachis, immediately after stipulated with the Romans for a peace of twenty years.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

By the end of the year he had surrendered the exarchate to St. Peter, and Rome had accepted her Pontiff Stephen as her king.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

But now the exarchate was fully subject to the Pope, and called upon him as part of his own State for defence.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

Extinction of the exarchate of Ravenna by the Lombards under Astolphus.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

In 568 the Lombards, under Alboin, appeared in Italy, which they overran as far south as the Tiber, establishing their kingdom on the ruins of the exarchate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various