eparchy

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.

• enPR: ĕpʹär'kē, IPA^(key): /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/, /ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/
• Hyphenation: ep‧ar‧chy

eparchy (plural eparchies)

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

   Synonym: eparchate

• eparchial

• eparch
• eparchate
• archeparch
• archeparchy

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• preachy