exarch

Noun

A provincial governor in the Byzantine Empire or a high-ranking cleric.
a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America
a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan
a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.
In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.
In these same churches, a bishop appointed over a group of the faithful not yet large enough or organized enough to constitute an eparchy or diocese.

Examples

Ruling the Words With Friends board like an EXARCH, he dictated the flow of play.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin exarchus.

Scrabble Score: 18

exarch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
exarch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exarch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

exarch: valid Words With Friends Word