eparch
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”).
Noun edit
eparch (plural eparchs)
- (historical, Ancient Greece) The governor or prefect of a province.
- The ruler of an eparchy.
- (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.
Translations edit
(Ancient Greece) the governor or prefect of a province