archpriest

English

Etymology

From Middle English archepreest, archeprest, archiprest, ercheprest, erchepreste; compare Old French archeprestre and Medieval Latin archipresbyter; equivalent to arch- +‎ priest.

Noun

archpriest (plural archpriests)

1. (Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
2. (Roman Catholicism) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.

Derived terms

• archpriesthood

 

Translations

religious title/rank

• Catalan: arxipreste m
• Dutch: aartspriester (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĉefpresbitero
• Estonian: ülempreester
• Finnish: arkkipappi
• French: archiprêtre (fr) m
• Galician: arcipreste m
• German: Erzpriester (de) m
• Hungarian: főesperes (hu)
• Ido: arkisacerdoto (io)
• Italian: arciprete (it) m
• Macedonian: протоје́реј m (protojérej), првосве́штеник m (prvosvéštenik), ста́врофор m (stávrofor), протопре́звитер m (protoprézviter)
• Polish: archiprezbiter m
• Portuguese: arquipresbítero m, arquissacerdote m
• Romanian: arhipreot m, protopop (ro) m, protoiereu (ro) m
• Russian: протоиере́й (ru) m (protoijeréj) (Orthodox), первосвяще́нник (ru) m (pervosvjaščénnik)
• Spanish: arcipreste (es) m

Anagrams

• parritches