Eparchy

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία.

Full definition of eparchy

Noun

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

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