eparch

Thân thiện

The eparch oversees the city from his administrative building.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A civil governor in ancient Greece: An eparch was the governor or prefect of an eparchy, which was an administrative district in the Byzantine Empire and other historical Greek contexts.
   • A bishop in the Eastern Church: In Eastern Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic churches, an eparch is a bishop or metropolitan who holds ecclesiastical authority over an eparchy, which is equivalent to a diocese.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Historical/Civil):

  • The emperor appointed a new eparch to administer the province.
  • Taxes were collected under the authority of the local eparch.

• Noun (Ecclesiastical):

  • The eparch celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the faithful in his jurisdiction.
  • Decisions regarding the parish required the eparch's approval.

Advanced Usage

• The term is used in formal historical and religious contexts. In modern usage, the ecclesiastical meaning is more common than the historical civil one.
• "Eparchal" (adjective): Pertaining to an eparch or an eparchy.
  • The eparchal synod convened to discuss the matter.

Variants and Related Words

• Eparchy (noun): The district or diocese governed by an eparch.
  • The new eparchy was established to serve the growing community.
• Archeparchy (noun): A larger or more important eparchy, often headed by an archeparch (archbishop).

Synonyms

• Governor (for the historical civil sense).
• Prefect (for the historical civil sense).
• Bishop (for the ecclesiastical sense).
• Metropolitan (for a senior ecclesiastical eparch).

Notes

• The word is of Greek origin (, meaning "ruler over").
• It is a specialized term not commonly encountered in everyday English but is standard in historical and theological writings.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece
2. a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church