eparchy

Significado (Inglés)

1. A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
2. A 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)
3. An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
4. In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
5. In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.

Sinónimos

bishopric

diocese

exarchate

Traducións

éparchie

eparquía

diócesis

أبرشية

diocèse

exarchat

diocesi

episcopaat

eparchie

eternidade

Eparquia

eparquia

virreinato

Con guión como

ep‧ar‧chy

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.