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eparch|ˈɛpɑːk|
Also 7 eparck.
[a. Gr. ἔπαρχ-ος, f. ἐπ(ί) over + ἀρχός ruler.]
1. a. Hist. Used as equivalent to the L. præfectus prefect. b. In mod. usage: The governor of an eparchy or administrative division in the kingdom of Greece.
1656Blount Glossogr. Eparch, the President of a Province. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. (1846) V. liii. 245 The eparch or præfect of the city. 1827Sir H. Taylor Comnenus ii. iii, The eparchs will resort To the Bucoleon. 1884J. T. Bent in Macm. Mag. Oct. 431/2 These eparchs again look after the demarchs or mayors of the various towns.
2. Eccl.
a. Hist. The metropolitan (bishop) of a province.
b. In the Greek (Russian) Church: The metropolitan (bishop) of an eparchy.
1691S. Grascome Reply to Vind. Disc. Unreasonableness New Separ. 21 The African Fathers were such Enemies to the Titles of Eparck or Patriarck. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 1927 Under him [the patriarch] the eparchs in the provinces.
Hence ˈeparchate [see -ate1], = next.
1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 1763 The three eparchates of Palestine. |