eparchy
A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelonA district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
Meaning
5 senses(Ancient Rome, historical)A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
Eparchie, Provinz, Präfektur
прови́нцияprovíncija, епа́рхияjepárxija
єпа́рхіяjepárxija
(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.
Eparchie
епа́рхияjepárxija
єпа́рхіяjepárxija
a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Translations
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Origin
Via Late Latin eparchia from Koine Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía, “province; prefecture”), fromVia 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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