Meanings
plural exarchates
- historicalThe province or area of an exarch.
Exarchate of Africa
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From exarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French exarchat
- exarchatTranslations
Italian esarcato
- esarcatoTranslations
Cite this entry
exarchate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exarchate
“exarchate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exarchate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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