Get to know Eparchy better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like state or province. In Dutch this translates to eparchie.
Eparchy in a sentence
Eparchy meaning
- A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
- 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)
- An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
Eparchy vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Eparchy
- The main meaning on this page is: A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon | 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) | An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
- Useful related words include: state, province, exarchate, diocese.
- Possible Dutch translations are: eparchie, provincie, prefectuur.
- In the example corpus, eparchy often appears in combinations such as: an eparchy.
Context around Eparchy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Eparchy
- In this selection, "eparchy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, minsk, ecclesiastical, byzantine and first stand out and add context to how "eparchy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an ecclesiastical eparchy of the and given an eparchy or group. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "eparchy" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with eparchy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some churches have given an eparchy or group of eparchies varying degrees of autonomy (self-government). (16 words)
The full schedule of services in churches of Minsk and Minsk District is available on the website of the Minsk Eparchy. (21 words)
Originally based in Van Nuys, California, the Byzantine eparchy first transferred its offices to Phoenix and later adopted Arizona’s largest city as its base. (25 words)
The task of believers of the local eparchy is to record descriptions of miracles, to create the hagiography of a saint, to paint an icon, as well as to compose a liturgical text of a service where the saint is glorified. (41 words)
The Patriarch also spoke with great enthusiasm of the historical course of the Metropolis – an ecclesiastical Eparchy of the Ecumenical Throne – and of its continues progress. (26 words)
When the glorification of a saint exceeds the limits of an eparchy, then the patriarch and Holy Synod decides about their canonization on the Church level. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
The full schedule of services in churches of Minsk and Minsk District is available on the website of the Minsk Eparchy.
The Patriarch also spoke with great enthusiasm of the historical course of the Metropolis – an ecclesiastical Eparchy of the Ecumenical Throne – and of its continues progress.
Originally based in Van Nuys, California, the Byzantine eparchy first transferred its offices to Phoenix and later adopted Arizona’s largest city as its base.
Some churches have given an eparchy or group of eparchies varying degrees of autonomy (self-government).
The task of believers of the local eparchy is to record descriptions of miracles, to create the hagiography of a saint, to paint an icon, as well as to compose a liturgical text of a service where the saint is glorified.
When the glorification of a saint exceeds the limits of an eparchy, then the patriarch and Holy Synod decides about their canonization on the Church level.
Common combinations with eparchy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an eparchy 2×