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🏛️ A provincial governor ⛪ A church bishop
eparch

eparch

9.9
A person who governs a province in ancient Greece or the Byzantine Empire
  • noun
  • /ˈɛpɑrk/
translation icon : epárquico
  • During the Byzantine era, the eparch of Constantinople oversaw the city's markets.

Examples

  • The eparch was responsible for administering justice in the province.

  • An edict from the eparch was treated as law in the eparchy.

  • The eparch ruled over the province with an iron fist.

  • In ancient Greece, the eparch was a vital political figure.

  • During the Byzantine era, the eparch of Constantinople oversaw the city's markets.

  • An edict from the eparch was treated as law in the eparchy.

  • The eparch was responsible for administering justice in the province.

Synonyms

exarch
vseparch
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A governor who rules a large province and commands its soldiers

is mainly a civil provincial administrator without large military powers
archon
vseparch
  • Literature
1 9.9

A leading city official in ancient Greece

is a provincial administrator rather than a local civic magistrate
ethnarch
vseparch
  • Archaic
9.9

A leader who governs a region or a community and may have religious power

is a territorial provincial administrator rather than a leader of a people or religion

Surface Forms

eparch singular
eparchs plural

Etymology

Eparch comes from Greek parts epi- ('over') and arch ('rule'). It was the name for the person who ruled 'over' a province or region, so an eparch was a governor or provincial administrator.