[ad. Gr. ἐπαρχία, f. ἔπαρχος: see prec.] A district or province under the government of an eparch.
1. One of the subdivisions of the modern kingdom of Greece; a division of a nomarchy.
1838. Penny Cycl., XI. 433/2. Deputies from the communes assemble at the chief town of the eparchy.
c. 1850. Nat. Encycl., I. 839. It forms part of the eparchy of Naxos.
1880. Encycl. Brit., XI. 85. (art. Greece) The [13] nomarchies are sub-divided into 59 eparchies.
2. In the Russian (Greek) Church: A diocese.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., II. 87. Bishops … preside over dioceses called Eparchies.
1798. Malthus, Popul. (1878), 153. It [a statistical work on Russia] contains all the eparchies except Bruzlaw.
1862. Neale, Ess. Liturg. (1867), 302. All the sees are divided into eparchies.
