eparchy
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—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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