eparchy, exarchate
(noun) a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
eparchy
(noun) a province in ancient Greece
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eparchy (plural eparchies)
one of the districts of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
one of the administrative sub-provincial units of post-Ottoman independent Greece
in pre-schism Christian Church, name for a province under the supervision of the metropolitan
in Eastern Christendom, diocese of a bishop
• preachy
Source: Wiktionary
Ep"arch*y, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
