Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eparch

2 senses of eparch

Sense 1
eparch -- (a bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church)
       => bishop -- (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Sense 2
eparch -- (the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece)
       => governor -- (the head of a state government)