Eparch

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

( Ἔπαρχος , Ruler Over a district), a commander (e.g. of vessels, AEschylus, Ag. 1227), hence praefect of a province (comp. Ἐπαρχία ,  Acts 23:24;  Acts 25:1); applied as a title to Sisinnes (q.v.), the Persian satrap of Syria ( 1 Esdras 7:1, "governor"). (See Toparchy), etc.

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