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eparchy

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eparchy
eparchial, adj.
/ep"ahr kee/, n., pl. eparchies.
1. (in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
2. (in ancient Greece) a province.
[1790-1800; < Gk eparchía prefecture, province. See EPARCH, -Y3]

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