eparchy
ep·ar·chy/ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/noun
eparchy is spelled E-P-A-R-C-H-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ep·ar·chy). It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eparchy means “A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eparchy is eparchies.
How many letters and syllables are in eparchy?
| Letters | 7: E-P-A-R-C-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ep·ar·chy |
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is eparchy?
Eparchy appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce eparchy?
- /ˈɛpˌɑɹ.ki/
- /ˈɛpˌɑː.ki/
Eparchy has 3 syllables, split ep·ar·chy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-eparchy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with eparchy?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as eparchy.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: preachy.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of eparchy
- eparchies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eparchy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
- 2
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)
- 3
An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
- 4
In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
- 5
In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eparchy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense district of the Roman Empire:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | éparchie, province, préfecture |
| German | Eparchie, Provinz, Präfektur |
| Portuguese | eparquia |
| Spanish | eparquía, prefectura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does eparchy come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).