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Definition of: eparchy
(ep′är·kē) noun plural ·chies
1. In ancient Greece, a district corresponding to a Roman province, under the jurisdiction of an eparch.
2. In modern Greece, a governmental subdivision of the country.
3. In the Greek Church, an ecclesiastical province or diocese. [<Gk. eparcheia <eparchos <epi- on + archein rule]
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