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)

(Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
(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

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