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ep⋅ar⋅chy
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ˈɛp
ɑr
ki
/
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–noun,
plural
-chies.
1.
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
2.
(in ancient Greece) a province.
Origin:
1790–1800;
< Gk
eparchía
prefecture, province.
See
eparch
,
-y
3
Related forms:
ep⋅ar⋅chi⋅al,
adjective
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ep·ar·chy
(ěp'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
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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