archpriesthood

English

Etymology

From archpriest +‎ -hood.

Noun

archpriesthood (plural archpriesthoods)

1. (ecclesiastical) The office of an archpriest.
   • 1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 49:

     [Y]et Philoſophers I cannot call them, reported men factious and ambitious, contending ſomtimes about the archprieſthood not without civil Warr and ſlaughter; […]

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: arxiprestat m
• Galician: arciprestado m
• Italian: arcipretura f
• Spanish: arciprestazgo (es) m