eparchy

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 ĕpʹär'kē

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon Ancient-Rome,historical
  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) Roman-Empire,historical
  3. An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece. historical
  4. In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
  5. In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.

词形变化

eparchies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
eparchial
相关词
eparch eparchate archeparch archeparchy

词源

Via Late Latin eparchia from Koine Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía, “province; prefecture”), from Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander, governor; prefect, eparch”) from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”); equivalent to epi- + -archy.
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