(in the Orthodox Church) a bishop lower in rank than a patriarch and having jurisdiction wider than the metropolitan of a diocese (正教会中的)督主教(低于宗主教,管辖权大于都主教)
(historical)a governor of a distant province under the Byzantine emperors (史)(东罗马帝国的)总督
语源
late 16th cent.: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek exarkhos, from ex- 'out of' + arkhos 'ruler'