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eparchy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exarchate |
| Type of | bishopric, diocese, episcopate |
| Derivation | eparchial |
Examples of eparchy
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Since 1977, the eparchy has been led by His Excellency Bishop Krikor Gabroyan.
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The traditional role of a bishop is to act as head of a diocese or eparchy.
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The new eparchy, or diocese, will be known as the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai.
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The chancellor is the principal record-keeper of a diocese or eparchy, or their equivalent.
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The eparchy of Slavonia had its see moved from Pakrac to Daruvar.
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There are some 30,000 Armenian Catholics in the eparchy, the headquarters of which is in Paris.
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In the 10th century an eparchy was established in Rostov.
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In ecclesiastical use, an eparchy is a territorial diocese governed by a bishop of one of the Eastern churches.
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The eparchy of Dalmatia also had its see temporarily moved to Knin after the Republic of Serbian Krajina was established.
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- A province in ancient Greece
- A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word , authentically Latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as 'rule over something,' like province, prefecture, or territory, to have the jurisdiction over, it has specific meanings both in politics, history and in the hierarchy of the Eastern Churches.
- A geographical area under the jurisdiction of a bishop in an Orthodox church.
- (Gr. "province, region"). An ecclesiastical jurisdiction headed by a bishop, metropolitan, or archbishop.
- A diocese of an Eastern Christian Church, led by an eparch, or bishop. An archeparchy is equivalent to an ecclesiastical province in a Western Christian Church.
- A "particular Church", a community of the faithful in communion of faith and sacraments whose bishop has been ordained in apostolic succession. A diocese is usually a determined geographic area; sometimes it may be constituted as a group of people of the same rite or language. ...
