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ep·ar·chy  (pärk)
n. pl. ep·ar·chies
A diocese of an Eastern Orthodox Church.
[Greek eparkhi, provincial government, from eparkhein, to rule over : ep-, epi-, epi- + arkhein, to rule.]
eparchy
Ancient Greece. the territory governed by an eparch or governor. See also eastern orthodoxy.
See also: Greece and Greeks
a diocese. See also greece and greeks.
See also: Eastern Orthodoxy
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Noun1.eparchy - a province in ancient Greece
province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
2.eparchy - a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
exarchate
bishopric, diocese, episcopate - the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
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