Eparchy

//ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon Ancient-Rome, historical
  2. 2
    a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church wordnet
  3. 3
    A provincial government or office headed by an eparch in the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire (akin to a prefecture governed by a prefect in the Latin-speaking Western Roman Empire) Roman-Empire, historical
  4. 4
    a province in ancient Greece wordnet
  5. 5
    An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece. historical
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  1. 6
    In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
  2. 7
    In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.

Synonyms

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eparchateexarchateprovince

Etymology

Via Late Latin eparchia from Koine Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía, “province; prefecture”), from Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander, governor; prefect, eparch”) from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”); equivalent to epi- + -archy.

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roman empire

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