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Webster 1913 Edition


Eparchy

Ep′arch-y

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] the post or office of an [GREEK].]
A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

Webster 1828 Edition


Eparchy

EP'ARCHY

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Noun.
[Gr. a province; government.] A province, prefecture or territory under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor.

Definition 2024


eparchy

eparchy

English

Noun

eparchy (plural eparchies)

  1. one of the districts of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
  2. one of the administrative sub-provincial units of post-Ottoman independent Greece
  3. in pre-schism Christian Church, name for a province under the supervision of the metropolitan
  4. in Eastern Christendom, diocese of a bishop

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