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eparchies

eparchies is the plural of eparchy.

Meaning of eparchy

Noun

eparchy (plural eparchies)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
  2. (Roman-Empire, historical, Ancient Greece, Byzantine Empire) A provincial government or office headed by an eparch in the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire (akin to a prefecture governed by a prefect in the Latin-speaking Western Roman Empire)
  3. (historical) An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
  4. In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
  5. In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
    Synonyms:
    eparchate

Questions about eparchies

What is eparchies the plural of?
Eparchies is the plural of eparchy.

Words near eparchies in the dictionary

  1. eparch
  2. eparchate
  3. eparchates
  4. eparchial
  5. eparchic
  6. eparchies
  7. eparchs
  8. eparchy
  9. eparterial
  10. EPAS
  11. epaule

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