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eparchs

eparchs is the plural of eparch.

Meaning of eparch

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

Questions about eparchs

What is eparchs the plural of?
Eparchs is the plural of eparch.

Words near eparchs in the dictionary

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

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