Also 7 eparck. [a. Gr. ἔπαρχ-ος, f. ἐπ(ί) over + ἀρχός ruler.]

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  1.  a. Hist. Used as equivalent to the L. præfectus prefect. b. In mod. usage: The governor of an eparchy or administrative division in the kingdom of Greece.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Eparch, the President of a Province.

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1788.  Gibbon, Decl. & F. (1846), V. liii. 245. The eparch or præfect of the city.

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1827.  Sir H. Taylor, Isaac Comnenus, II. iii. 83. The Eparchs will resort To the Bucoleon.

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1884.  J. T. Bent, in Macm. Mag., Oct., 431/2. These eparchs again look after the demarchs or mayors of the various towns.

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  2.  Eccl. a. Hist. The metropolitan (bishop) of a province. b. In the Greek (Russian) Church: The metropolitan (bishop) of an eparchy.

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1691.  Grascome, Reply to Vind. Disc. Unreasonableness New Separ., 21. The African Fathers were such Enemies to the Titles of Eparck or Patriarck.

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1882–3.  Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 1927. Under him [the patriarch] the eparchs in the provinces.

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  Hence Eparchate [see -ATE1] = next.

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1882–3.  Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 1763. The three eparchates of Palestine.

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