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EPARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eparch mean?
• EPARCH (noun)
The noun EPARCH has 2 senses:
1. a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church
2. the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece
Familiarity information: EPARCH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("eparch" is a kind of...):
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("eparch" is a kind of...):
governor (the head of a state government)
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