arch-priest

arch-priest
arch-priest /ärch-prēstˈ/
noun
1. A chief priest
2. In early times, a kind of vicar to the bishop
3. Later, a rural dean
4. A superior appointed by the Pope to govern the secular priests sent into England from the foreign seminaries during the period 1598–1621
5. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the highest title among the secular clergy
ORIGIN:arch-

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