eparchy

English

From Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía).

eparchy (plural eparchies)

one of the districts of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
one of the administrative sub-provincial units of post-Ottoman independent Greece
in pre-schism Christian Church, name for a province under the supervision of the metropolitan
in Eastern Christendom, diocese of a bishop

district of the Roman Empire

sub-provincial unit of post-Ottoman independent Greece

province under the supervision of the metropolitan

diocese of a bishop

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