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Definition of Eparch

1. Noun. A bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church.

2. Noun. The governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece.

Definition of Eparch

1. n. In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

Definition of Eparch

1. Noun. (historical Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province. ¹

2. Noun. The ruler of an eparchy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eparch

1. the head of an eparchy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eparch

epagoges epagogic epagomenal epalate epalrestat epamniotic epamniotic cavity epanadiplosis epanalepsis epanaphora

epanastrophe epanodos epanody epanorthosis epanthous eparch (current term) eparchial eparchic eparchies eparchs

eparchy eparsalgia eparterial eparterial bronchus epatant epaule epaulement epaulements epaules epaulet

Literary usage of Eparch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1826)
"Passing thus from one ruinous town to another, and from the hospitality of one eparch to the next, the traveller thus crosses the Peloponnesus with some ..."

2. American Journal of Education (1862)
"From these monthly exhibits a tri-monthly report is drawn up, which is signed by the teacher and local board of inspectors, and delivered to tho eparch or ..."

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