eparch
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”).
Noun
eparch (plural eparches)
- (historical, Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province.
- The ruler of an eparchy.
- (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.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 246: