EPARCHY
Dictionary entry overview: What does eparchy mean? • EPARCHY (noun)
The noun EPARCHY has 2 senses:
1. a province in ancient Greece
2. a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Familiarity information: EPARCHY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EPARCHY (noun)
Meaning:
A province in ancient Greece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("eparchy" is a kind of...):
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Meaning:
A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
exarchate; eparchy
Hypernyms ("eparchy" is a kind of...):
bishopric; diocese; episcopate (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop)
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