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Webster 1913 Edition
Eparchy
Ep′arch-y
,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
,Noun.
Definition 2024
eparchy
eparchy
English
Noun
eparchy (plural eparchies)
- one of the districts of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
- one of the administrative sub-provincial units of post-Ottoman independent Greece
- in pre-schism Christian Church, name for a province under the supervision of the metropolitan
- in Eastern Christendom, diocese of a bishop