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bishop vs exarch

exarch vs bishop

bishop and exarch both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bishop Yes No No No
exarch Yes No No No
As nouns, exarch is a hyponym of bishop; that is, exarch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bishop:
  • bishop: a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
  • exarch: a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
Other hyponyms of bishop include archbishop, cardinal, diocesan, eparch, primus, suffragan, suffragan bishop, vicar apostolic.
bishop (noun) exarch (noun)
(chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
port wine mulled with oranges and cloves a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
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