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noun a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church
noun the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece
originFrom Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0