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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church;

2. the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eparch \Ep"arch\, n. [Gr. ?; 'epi` over + ? chief, ? supreme power, dominion.] In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eparch n 1: a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church 2: the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece