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eparch

eparch noun: the governor or prefect of a province.

Noun

eparch (plural eparchs)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province.
  2. The ruler of an eparchy.
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy.
    • An Orthodox eparch, or metropolitan bishop, was installed in Polatsk in 992.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 246

Forms of eparch

pluraleparchs

Origin of eparch

From Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”).

Words formed from eparch

Questions about eparch

What does eparch mean?
Eparch means the governor or prefect of a province.
What part of speech is eparch?
Eparch is a noun.
What is the plural of eparch?
The plural of eparch is eparchs.

Words near eparch in the dictionary

  1. EPAP
  2. Epaphroditus
  3. epapillate
  4. epappose
  5. EPAPs
  6. eparch
  7. eparchate
  8. eparchates
  9. eparchial
  10. eparchic
  11. eparchies

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