eparch

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”).

Noun

eparch (plural eparches)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province.
2. The ruler of an eparchy.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy.
   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 246:

     An Orthodox eparch, or metropolitan bishop, was installed in Polatsk in 992.

Anagrams

• pearch, preach