eparchy

n. 州, 郡, 大主教管区

发音

其它 /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/

词形变化

eparchies 复数 eparchies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon

    历史
  2. 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)

    历史
  3. 3.

    An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.

    历史
  4. 4.

    In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.

    宗教
  5. 5.

    In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.

    宗教

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

exarchate

上位词 5

state province diocese bishopric episcopate

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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