Ĕp'ärch, n.
n. [Gr. ἔπαρχος, from ἐπί and ἀρχή, supreme power, dominion.] The governor or prefect of a province; — in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy, or subdivision of a country, inferior to a monarch.
n. [Gr. ἔπαρχος, from ἐπί and ἀρχή, supreme power, dominion.] The governor or prefect of a province; — in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy, or subdivision of a country, inferior to a monarch.