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Word Meanings - EPARCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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  • MODERN
    1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. Bacon. 2. New and common;
  • PERFECT
    Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence , a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord , a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly
  • EPARCHY
    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.
  • GOVERNORSHIP
    The office of a governor.
  • PERFECTIONAL
    Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection. Bp. Pearson.
  • MODERNIZATION
    The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.
  • PERFECTIBILITY
    The quality or state of being perfectible.
  • PERFECTIBLE
    Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.
  • PERFECTION
    1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an
  • PERFECTNESS
    The quality or state of being perfect; perfection. "Charity, which is the bond of perfectness." Col. iii. 14.
  • PERFECTIONMENT
    The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having attained to perfection. I. Taylor.
  • MODERNNESS
    The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. M. Arnold.
  • ANCIENTNESS
    The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
  • ANCIENTLY
    1. In ancient times. 2. In an ancient manner.
  • PERFECTIBILIAN
    A perfectionist. Ed. Rev.
  • PERFECTER
    One who, or that which, makes perfect. "The . . . perfecter of our faith." Barrow.
  • RULER
    1. One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor. And he made him ruler over all the land. Gen. xii. 43. A prince and ruler of the land. Shak. 2. A straight or curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding
  • PERFECTIONATE
    To perfect. Dryden.
  • GOVERNOR
    A pilot; a steersman. (more info) gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of
  • PERFECTIONISM
    The doctrine of the Perfectionists.
  • IMPERFECT
    1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak. Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak. 2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential
  • UNPERFECT
    To mar or destroy the perfection of. Sir P. Sidney.
  • IMPERFECTIBLE
    Incapable of being mad perfect.
  • RELAY GOVERNOR
    A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle.

 

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