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EPARCHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eparchy mean?
• EPARCHY (noun)
The noun EPARCHY has 2 senses:
1. a province in ancient Greece
2. a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Familiarity information: EPARCHY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A province in ancient Greece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("eparchy" is a kind of...):
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Derivation:
eparchial (of or relating to an eparchy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
eparchy; exarchate
Hypernyms ("eparchy" is a kind of...):
bishopric; diocese; episcopate (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop)
Derivation:
eparchial (of or relating to an eparchy)
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