Definition of eparchy in English:
 eparchy
nounPlural eparchies ˈɛpɑːkiˈɛpˌɑrki
A province of the Orthodox Church.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  It is the first report card on how each U.S. diocese or eparchy is carrying out the bishops' 2002 Charter.
 -  Of the 195 U.S. dioceses and eparchies (Eastern Rite dioceses), 194 took part in the audit and 181 participated in the survey.
 -  I'm a bit surprised that this stuff is tolerated in a Byzantine rite eparchy.
 -  Excavations have uncovered a Catholic monastery dating back to the 15th - 17th centuries, which was the seat of Sofia's Catholic eparchy at that time.
 -  Seven dioceses and eparchies, which are dioceses of the Eastern Catholic Churches, were not in compliance by year's end.
 
Origin
  
Late 18th century: from Greek eparkhia, from eparkhos (see eparch).