exarchate

exarchate
/ek"sahr kayt', -kit, ek sahr"kayt/, n.
the office, jurisdiction, or province of an exarch.
Also, exarchy /ek"sahr kee/.
[1555-65; < ML exarchatus domain of an exarch. See EXARCH1, -ATE3]

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