Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America;
2.
a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan;
3.
a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exarch \Ex"arch\, n. [L. exarchus, Gr. ? ? commander; ?,?, out +
? to lead, rule: cf. F. exarque.]
A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the
Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over
several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of
the patriarch, who visits the clergy, investigates
ecclesiastical cases, etc.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exarch
n 1: a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in
North America
2: a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a
patriarch but above a metropolitan
3: a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire