Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bishop or metropolitan.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient and modern Greece, the governor or prefect of an eparchy.
- noun In the Russian Ch., a bishop as governing an eparchy; especially, a metropolitan. See
eparchy , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical, Ancient Greece The
governor orprefect of aprovince . - noun The
ruler of aneparchy . - noun Eastern Orthodoxy The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church
- noun the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Fortunately, the eparch had no idea what Rhavas was thinking.
Bridge of the Separator Turtledove, Harry 2005
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The eparch quartered others on people who volunteered to help them.
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But no one could ever accuse the eparch of being a fool.
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Before the eparch could answer, his servant slipped into the study with a carafe of wine.
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"What am I supposed to do now, very holy sir?" the eparch demanded in tones not far from despair.
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The eparch didn't bother telling him about most of the messages.
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The eparch was from these parts, and pronounced the good god's name in the old-fashioned, two-syllable way.
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Neither the eparch nor the garrison commander presumed to quarrel with Rhavas or to shout out Stylianos 'name.
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The eparch sketched the sun-circle even so, to turn aside the evil omen.
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On the other hand, could the eparch afford to ignore cold-blooded murder?
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