exarch
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Definition of exarch
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a Byzantine viceroy
2 : an Eastern bishop ranking below a patriarch and above a metropolitan specifically : the head of an independent church
exarch
adjectiveDefinition of exarch (Entry 2 of 2)
: formed or taking place from the periphery toward the center exarch xylem
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