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eparchy

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.
  4. In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
  5. In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.

Equivalents

Españoleparquía
Françaiséparchie
DeutschEparchie
14 more languages
Ελληνικάεπαρχία
Italianoeparchia
ქართულიეპარქია
Македонскиепархија
Nederlandseparchie
Polskieparchia
Portuguêseparquia
Românăeparhie
Русскийепархия
Українськаєпархія

CEFR level

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