eparch

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

(Ancient Greece) the governor or prefect of a province

Finnish: eparkhos
French: éparque (fr) m
Polish: eparch m

Anagrams

pearch, preach

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