Definition of "eparch" [ep•arch]

• Eastern Orthodox Church A bishop or metropolitan. (noun)

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• "Neither the eparch nor the garrison commander presumed to quarrel with Rhavas or to shout out Stylianos 'name."
• "The eparch was from these parts, and pronounced the good god's name in the old-fashioned, two-syllable way."
• "The eparch sketched the sun-circle even so, to turn aside the evil omen."