The office, position, or term of service of an exarch in the Orthodox Church.
From 'exarchate' + '-ship' (suffix indicating position or office); formed by combining the administrative term with the Old English suffix used for ranks and positions.
This word shows how English takes Greek church terms and layers English grammatical endings onto them—linguistic archaeology that proves how much our language owes to different cultures and religions.
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