Definitions for eparchies

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eparchies ep·ar·chy

Spelling: [ep-ahr-kee]

IPA: /ˈɛp ɑr ki/

Eparchies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 636 anagrams from letters in eparchies (aceehiprs).

Definitions for eparchies

noun

1. (in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
2. (in ancient Greece) a province.

Origin of eparchies

First recorded in 1790-1800, eparchy is from the Greek word eparchía prefecture, province. See eparch, -y³

Examples for eparchies

“Eparch” and “eparchy” are also used in the Russian Orthodox Church for a bishop and his diocese respectively.

The area of his administration was called an eparchy (ἐπαρχία).

In Russia, an eparchy is the diocese or arch-diocese of a bishop or archbishop of the Greek Church.