Eparchy
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eparchy is a noun meaning (Christianity) In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
Meaning
(Christianity) In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
More Meanings
- (Christianity) In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
- (historical) An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
- (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)
Word Forms
- eparchies
Synonyms for eparchy
Depending on context, synonyms include eparchate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eparchate, diocese, regionarius, ecclesiast, ephoros, archidiaconate.
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