Exarchy
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate. countable, uncountable
"He was warmly received everywhere and the replacement of the exarchy apparatus — the district chairman, directors, inspectors and Bulgarian teachers — went fairly painlessly, which shows that the majority of the Macedonian citizens agreed with and enthusiastically accepted his attitudes."
- 2 A vascular system in which development starts in the regions farthest from the axis and spreads inward. uncountable
"There is no doubt, however, that if endarchy is primitive in the protostelic and immediately derived types, it very rapidly gives place to mesarchy and exarchy in response to various demands, and it is not difficult to show how this may have occurred."
Example
More examples"He was warmly received everywhere and the replacement of the exarchy apparatus — the district chairman, directors, inspectors and Bulgarian teachers — went fairly painlessly, which shows that the majority of the Macedonian citizens agreed with and enthusiastically accepted his attitudes."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐξαρχία (exarkhía).
From exo- + -archy.
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