eparchy
/ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/noun
High School
1
A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
2
A provincial government or office headed by an eparch in the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire (akin to a prefecture governed by a prefect in the Latin-speaking Western Roman Empire)
3
An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
4
In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
5
In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
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