EPARCHY

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

eparchial (of or relating to an eparchy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

eparchy; exarchate

Hypernyms ("eparchy" is a kind of...):

bishopric; diocese; episcopate (the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop)

Derivation:

eparchial (of or relating to an eparchy)