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eparchy

[ep-ahr-kee]

noun, plural -chies.

(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.

(in ancient Greece) a province.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Greek eparchía prefecture, province. See eparch, -y³

Related forms

ep·ar·chi·al, adjective

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eparchy or eparchate (ˈɛpɑːkɪ, ˈɛpɑːkɪt)

—n , pl -chies, -chates
1.	a diocese of the Eastern Christian Church
2.	(in ancient Greece) a province
3.	(in modern Greece) a subdivision of a province

eparchate or eparchate

—n

ep'archial or eparchate

—*adj*

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