EPARCHY


Meaning of EPARCHY in English

— eparchial , adj.

/ep"ahr kee/ , n. , pl. eparchies .

1. (in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.

2. (in ancient Greece) a province.

[ 1790-1800; eparchía prefecture, province. See EPARCH, -Y 3 ]

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