eparchy

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía).

Noun

eparchy (plural eparchies)

1. one of the districts of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
2. one of the administrative sub-provincial units of post-Ottoman independent Greece
3. in pre-schism Christian Church, name for a province under the supervision of the metropolitan
4. in Eastern Christendom, diocese of a bishop

Related terms

• eparch
• archeparch
• archeparchy

Translations

district of the Roman Empire

• French: éparchie (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

sub-provincial unit of post-Ottoman independent Greece

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

province under the supervision of the metropolitan

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

diocese of a bishop

• French: éparchie (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: епа́рхия (ru) f (jepárxija)

Further reading

• eparchy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• preachy