{"def":{"short":"a special region of government, i.e., a Roman praefecture","long":["the office of a governor or prefect","the region subject to a prefect",["a province of the Roman empire, either a larger province, or an appendage to a larger province, as Palestine was to that of Syria"]]},"deriv":"from a compound of G1909 and G0757 (meaning a governor of a district, \"eparch\")","pronun":{"ipa":"ɛp.ɑrˈxi.ɑ","ipa_mod":"e̞p.ɑrˈxi.ɑ","sbl":"eparchia","dic":"ep-ar-HEE-ah","dic_mod":"ape-ar-HEE-ah"},"see":["G0757","G1909"]}