"eparchy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/, /ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/ Forms: eparchies [plural]
enPR: ĕpʹär'kē Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|eparchia}} Late Latin eparchia, {{der|en|grc-koi|ἐπαρχία|t=province; prefecture}} Koine Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía, “province; prefecture”), {{der|en|grc|ἔπαρχος|t=commander, governor; prefect, eparch}} Ancient Greek ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander, governor; prefect, eparch”), {{af|grc|ἐπι-|ἀρχός|nocat=1|t1=on, upon; over|t2=ruler}} ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; over”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”), {{af|en|epi-|-archy}} epi- + -archy Head templates: {{en-noun}} eparchy (plural eparchies)
  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon Tags: Ancient-Rome, historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-eparchy-en-noun-TXu4k1YD Categories (other): English terms prefixed with epi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with epi-: 23 30 5 26 16
  2. (historical, Ancient Greece, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire) 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) Tags: Roman-Empire, historical Categories (topical): Ancient Greece, Byzantine Empire Categories (place): Roman Empire
    Sense id: en-eparchy-en-noun-YwvN-rQD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with epi-, English terms suffixed with -archy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 57 10 4 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with epi-: 23 30 5 26 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -archy: 11 41 8 16 25
  3. (historical) An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-eparchy-en-noun-mq0iYtam
  4. (Christianity) In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-eparchy-en-noun-0cShnUuL Categories (other): English terms prefixed with epi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with epi-: 23 30 5 26 16 Topics: Christianity
  5. (Christianity) In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop. Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: eparchate Translations (diocese of a bishop): ἐπαρχία (eparkhía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), eparchie [feminine] (Czech), eparchie [feminine] (Dutch), eparkia (Finnish), eparkhia (Finnish), éparchie (French), eparquía [feminine] (Galician), ეპარქია (eṗarkia) (Georgian), Eparchie [feminine] (German), επαρχία (eparchía) [feminine] (Greek), eparchia [feminine] (Italian), eparchia [feminine] (Latin), dioecēsis [feminine] (Latin), епархија (eparhija) [feminine] (Macedonian), eparchia [feminine] (Polish), eparquia [feminine] (Portuguese), eparhie [feminine] (Romanian), епа́рхия (jepárxija) [feminine] (Russian), eparchia [feminine] (Slovak), eparquía [feminine] (Spanish), єпа́рхія (jepárxija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-eparchy-en-noun-qoyxNz7a Categories (other): English terms prefixed with epi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with epi-: 23 30 5 26 16 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'diocese of a bishop': 5 10 4 20 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eparchial Related terms: eparch, eparchate, archeparch, archeparchy Translations (district of the Roman Empire): ἐπαρχία (eparkhía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), eparchie [feminine] (Czech), eparchie [feminine] (Dutch), provincie [feminine] (Dutch), prefectuur (Dutch), eparkia (Finnish), eparkhia (Finnish), prefektuuri (Finnish), éparchie (French), province [feminine] (French), préfecture [feminine] (French), eparquía [feminine] (Galician), Eparchie [feminine] (German), Provinz [feminine] (German), Präfektur [feminine] (German), επαρχία (eparchía) [feminine] (Greek), eparchia [feminine] (Italian), provincia [feminine] (Italian), prefettura [feminine] (Italian), eparchia [feminine] (Latin), prōvincia [feminine] (Latin), praefectūra [feminine] (Latin), eparchia [feminine] (Polish), eparquia [feminine] (Portuguese), прови́нция (províncija) [feminine] (Russian), eparchia [feminine] (Slovak), eparquía [feminine] (Spanish), prefectura [feminine] (Spanish), єпа́рхія (jepárxija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'district of the Roman Empire': 45 49 2 3 1

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eparchie"
    },
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      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
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      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
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      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prōvincia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praefectūra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparquia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "províncija",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прови́нция"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparquía"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prefectura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 49 2 3 1",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jepárxija",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "єпа́рхія"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eparchy"
}
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    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Koine Greek",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms prefixed with epi-",
    "English terms suffixed with -archy",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    }
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "en",
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      },
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    },
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        "3": "-archy"
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    }
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    {
      "word": "eparchate"
    },
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      "word": "archeparch"
    },
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      "word": "archeparchy"
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        "A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon"
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      ],
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          "government"
        ],
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          "office"
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        [
          "eparch",
          "eparch"
        ],
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Eastern Roman Empire",
          "Eastern Roman Empire"
        ],
        [
          "prefecture",
          "prefecture"
        ],
        [
          "prefect",
          "prefect"
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        [
          "Latin",
          "Latin"
        ],
        [
          "Western Roman Empire",
          "Western Roman Empire"
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        "(historical, Ancient Greece, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire) 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)"
      ],
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        "Roman-Empire",
        "historical"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
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        "An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece."
      ],
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        [
          "Ottoman",
          "Ottoman"
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        [
          "Greece",
          "Greece"
        ]
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        "(historical) An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan."
      ],
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        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Christian",
          "Christian"
        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "metropolitan",
          "metropolitan"
        ]
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        "(Christianity) In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan."
      ],
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        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Christianity"
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        "In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop."
      ],
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        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Eastern",
          "Eastern Christianity"
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          "Christendom",
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          "diocese",
          "diocese"
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        "(Christianity) In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "eparchate"
        }
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        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĕpʹär'kē"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "provincie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "word": "prefectuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "word": "eparkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "word": "eparkhia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "word": "prefektuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "word": "éparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "province"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "préfecture"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparquía"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Provinz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Präfektur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eparchía",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επαρχία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eparkhía",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐπαρχία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "provincia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prefettura"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prōvincia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praefectūra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparquia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "províncija",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прови́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparquía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prefectura"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jepárxija",
      "sense": "district of the Roman Empire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "єпа́рхія"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "word": "eparkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "word": "eparkhia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "word": "éparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparquía"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "eṗarkia",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "word": "ეპარქია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eparchie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eparchía",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επαρχία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eparkhía",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐπαρχία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dioecēsis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "eparhija",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епархија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparquia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparhie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jepárxija",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епа́рхия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eparquía"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jepárxija",
      "sense": "diocese of a bishop",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "єпа́рхія"
    }
  ],
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}

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