eparchy

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Scrabble points: 17
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Letters: 7

Pronunciation

/ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/

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/ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/ · /ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/

Definition of eparchy

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noun

(Ancient-Rome, historical)A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon

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noun

(Ancient-Rome, historical)A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
(Roman-Empire, historical)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)
(historical)An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.

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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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