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From Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos), from ἐπί (epí, over) + ἀρχός (arkhós, ruler).

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eparch (plural eparchs)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province.
  2. The ruler of an eparchy.
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The metropolitan bishop of a province or eparchy.
    • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 246:
      An Orthodox eparch, or metropolitan bishop, was installed in Polatsk in 992.

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