eparchy

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ep·ar·chy

E0172000 (ĕp′är′kē)n. pl. ep·ar·chies A diocese of an Eastern Orthodox Church.

[Greek eparkhiā, provincial government, from eparkhein, to rule over : ep-, epi-, epi- + arkhein, to rule.]

eparchy

(ˈɛpɑːkɪ) or

eparchate

n, pl -chies or -chates1. (Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) a diocese of the Eastern Christian Church2. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) a province3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in modern Greece) a subdivision of a province epˈarchial adj

ep•ar•chy

(ˈɛp ɑr ki)

n., pl. -chies. a diocese in an Eastern Church. [1790–1800; < Greek eparchía] ep•ar′chi•al, adj.

eparchy

Ancient Greece. the territory governed by an eparch or governor. See also eastern orthodoxy.See also: Greece and Greeks

a diocese. See also greece and greeks.See also: Eastern Orthodoxy

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eparchy - a province in ancient Greeceprovince, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
	2.	eparchy - a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Churchexarchatebishopric, diocese, episcopate - the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

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(or diocese), a territorial unit of ecclesiastic administration in the Orthodox, Catholic, and Anglican churches, headed by a bishop. In Kievan Rus’ the division into eparchies was brought about under Grand Prince Vladimir Sviatoslavich in the tenth century, at which time they numbered not more than eight. Subsequently the division of Russia into eparchies corresponded roughly to the administrative division into provinces. By the early 19th century Russia had 36 independent eparchies, each headed by an eparchial bishop. At the present time the boundaries of the eparchies—where they exist—roughly correspond to the administrative division of the USSR into oblasts and republics.

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noun a province in ancient Greece

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noun a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church

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