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Meaning of eparchy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Deutsch Eparchie
Ελληνικά επαρχία
Español eparquía
Français éparchie
Italiano eparchia
Nederlands eparchie
Polski eparchia
Português eparquia
Русский епархия
Українська єпархія

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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