Contextualizebeta

archpriest

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from archepreest,archeprest,archiprest,ercheprest,erchepreste

Definitions

  1. The highest rank given to a married priest.

  2. An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.

The neighborhood

Derived

archpriesthood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for archpriest. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA