eparchy

English

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕpʹär'kē, IPA^(key): /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/, /ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/
• Hyphenation: ep‧ar‧chy

Noun

eparchy (plural eparchies)

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

   Synonym: eparchate

Derived terms

• eparchial

Related terms

• eparch
• eparchate
• archeparch
• archeparchy

Translations

district of the Roman Empire

• Czech: eparchie f
• Dutch: eparchie f, provincie (nl) f, prefectuur (nl)
• Finnish: eparkia (fi), eparkhia, prefektuuri (fi)
• French: éparchie (fr), province (fr) f, préfecture (fr) f
• Galician: eparquía (gl) f
• German: Eparchie f, Provinz (de) f, Präfektur (de) f
• Greek: επαρχία (el) f (eparchía)

  Ancient: ἐπαρχία f (eparkhía)

• Italian: eparchia f, provincia (it) f, prefettura (it) f
• Latin: eparchia f, prōvincia (la) f, praefectūra f
• Polish: eparchia (pl) f
• Portuguese: eparquia (pt) f
• Russian: прови́нция (ru) f (províncija)
• Slovak: eparchia (sk) f
• Spanish: eparquía f, prefectura (es) f
• Ukrainian: єпа́рхія (uk) f (jepárxija)

sub-provincial unit of post-Ottoman independent Greece

province under the supervision of the metropolitan

diocese of a bishop

• Czech: eparchie f
• Dutch: eparchie f
• Finnish: eparkia (fi), eparkhia
• French: éparchie (fr)
• Galician: eparquía (gl) f
• Georgian: ეპარქია (eṗarkia)
• German: Eparchie f
• Greek: επαρχία (el) f (eparchía)

  Ancient: ἐπαρχία f (eparkhía)

• Italian: eparchia f
• Latin: eparchia f, dioecēsis f
• Macedonian: епархија f (eparhija)
• Polish: eparchia (pl) f
• Portuguese: eparquia (pt) f
• Romanian: eparhie (ro) f
• Russian: епа́рхия (ru) f (jepárxija)
• Slovak: eparchia (sk) f
• Spanish: eparquía f
• Ukrainian: єпа́рхія (uk) f (jepárxija)

Further reading

• eparchy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “eparchy, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, page 1961.
• “eparchy, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “eparchy”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1961.
• “eparchy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• preachy