Meanings
plural eparchies
- Ancient RomehistoricalA district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
- Roman EmpirehistoricalAncient Greece; Byzantine Empire; Ancient Greece; Byzantine EmpireA provincial government or office headed by an eparch in the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire (akin to a prefecture governed by a prefect in the Latin-speaking Western Roman Empire)
- ChristianityIn pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἔπαρχος“commander, governor; prefect, eparch”
- Koine Greekἐπαρχία“province; prefecture”
- Late Latineparchia
- Englisheparchy
Via Late Latin eparchia from Koine Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía, “province; prefecture”), from Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander, governor; prefect, eparch”) from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”); equivalent to epi- + -archy.
More words from Late Latin, Koine Greek, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία, ἐπαρχία
- ἐπαρχία (eparkhía)diocese of a bishop
- ἐπαρχία (eparkhía)district of the Roman Empire
Arabic أَبْرَشِيَّة
- أَبْرَشِيَّة (ʔabrašiyya)diocese of a bishop
Bulgarian епа́рхия
- епа́рхия (epárhija)diocese of a bishop
Czech eparchie, eparchie
- eparchiediocese of a bishop
- eparchiedistrict of the Roman Empire
Dutch eparchie, eparchie
- eparchiediocese of a bishop
- eparchiedistrict of the Roman Empire
- provinciedistrict of the Roman Empire
- prefectuurdistrict of the Roman Empire
Finnish eparkia, eparkhia
- eparkiadiocese of a bishop
- eparkhiadiocese of a bishop
- eparkiadistrict of the Roman Empire
- eparkhiadistrict of the Roman Empire
- prefektuuridistrict of the Roman Empire
French éparchie, éparchie
- éparchiediocese of a bishop
- éparchiedistrict of the Roman Empire
- provincedistrict of the Roman Empire
- préfecturedistrict of the Roman Empire
German Eparchie, Eparchie
- Eparchiediocese of a bishop
- Eparchiedistrict of the Roman Empire
- Provinzdistrict of the Roman Empire
- Präfekturdistrict of the Roman Empire
Greek επαρχία, επαρχία
- επαρχία (eparchía)diocese of a bishop
- επαρχία (eparchía)district of the Roman Empire
Italian eparchia, eparchia
- eparchiadiocese of a bishop
- eparchiadistrict of the Roman Empire
- provinciadistrict of the Roman Empire
- prefetturadistrict of the Roman Empire
Latin eparchia, dioecēsis
- eparchiadiocese of a bishop
- dioecēsisdiocese of a bishop
- eparchiadistrict of the Roman Empire
- prōvinciadistrict of the Roman Empire
- praefectūradistrict of the Roman Empire
Polish eparchia, eparchia
- eparchiadiocese of a bishop
- eparchiadistrict of the Roman Empire
Portuguese eparquia, eparquia
- eparquiadiocese of a bishop
- eparquiadistrict of the Roman Empire
Romanian eparhie
- eparhiediocese of a bishop
Russian епа́рхия, прови́нция
- епа́рхия (jepárxija)diocese of a bishop
- прови́нция (províncija)district of the Roman Empire
- епа́рхия (jepárxija)district of the Roman Empire
Slovak eparchia, eparchia
- eparchiadiocese of a bishop
- eparchiadistrict of the Roman Empire
Spanish eparquía, eparquía
- eparquíadiocese of a bishop
- eparquíadistrict of the Roman Empire
- prefecturadistrict of the Roman Empire
Turkish eparşi
- eparşidiocese of a bishop
Ukrainian єпа́рхія, єпа́рхія
- єпа́рхія (jepárxija)diocese of a bishop
- єпа́рхія (jepárxija)district of the Roman Empire
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eparchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eparchy
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