English Explanatory Dictionary

eparchy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

ĕpʹär'kē /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/ /ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eparchy.wav

Word forms

eparchy eparchies

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

eparchate

Related words

eparch eparchate archeparch archeparchy

Derived words

eparchial

Translations

Czech: eparchie Dutch: eparchie Dutch: provincie Dutch: prefectuur Finnish: eparkia Finnish: eparkhia Finnish: prefektuuri French: éparchie French: province French: préfecture Galician: eparquía German: Eparchie German: Provinz German: Präfektur Greek: επαρχία Ancient Greek: ἐπαρχία Italian: eparchia Italian: provincia Italian: prefettura Latin: eparchia Latin: prōvincia Latin: praefectūra Polish: eparchia Portuguese: eparquia Russian: прови́нция Slovak: eparchia Spanish: eparquía Spanish: prefectura Ukrainian: єпа́рхія
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