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ep⋅ar⋅chy

  [ep-ahr-kee]
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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.]
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Eparchy

Ep"arch*y\, n. [Gr. ? the post or office of an ?.] A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
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