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A diocese of the Eastern Christian Church
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eparchy
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Word definitions for eparchy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eparchy \Ep"arch*y\, n. [Gr. ? the post or office of an ?.] A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word , authentically Latinized as eparchia , which can be loosely translated as the rule or jurisdiction over something, such as a province, prefecture, or territory. It has specific meanings both in politics, history and ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a province in ancient Greece a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: exarchate ]
Usage examples of eparchy.
I actually observed it in the belfry of the Sarova Monastery, Tambov Eparchy, where, perhaps, the two blind bellmen are showing visitors up the winding stairs to this very day.
Count George Brankovich, governed the Yenova and Lipova eparchy without ever dismounting from his horse and drank exclusively in the saddle until Lipova was taken from the Turks in 1607.
I actually observed it in the belfry of the Sarova Monastery, Tambov Eparchy, where, perhaps, the two blind bellmen are showing visitors up the winding stairs to this very day.