eparchn.
/ˈɛpɑːk/, U.S. /ˈɛˌpɑrk/ 1. (a) Historical. Used as equivalent to the Latin præfectus prefect. (b) In modern usage: The governor of an eparchy or administrative division in the kingdom of Greece.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > Greek
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nomarch1859
society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > prefect
prefect?a1439
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prefetto1676
drossard1678
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Eparch, the President of a Province.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1846) V. liii. 245 The eparch or præfect of the city.
1827 H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus ii. iii The eparchs will resort To the Bucoleon.
1884 J. T. Bent in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 431/2 These eparchs again look after the demarchs or mayors of the various towns.
2. Ecclesiastical. (a) Historical. The metropolitan (bishop) of a province. (b) In the Greek (Russian) Church: The metropolitan (bishop) of an eparchy.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > metropolitan > [noun] > Orthodox
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1691 S. Grascome Reply Vindic. Disc. New Separation 21 The African Fathers were such Enemies to the Titles of Eparck or Patriarck.
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1927 Under him [the patriarch] the eparchs in the provinces.
Derivatives
ˈeparchate n. [see -ate suffix1] = eparchy n.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > metropolitan > [noun] > see of > Orthodox
eparchy1796
eparchate1884
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1763 The three eparchates of Palestine.
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