protopresbyter
Meanings
noun
- An archpriest or, in the Russian Orthodox tradition, a non-monastic priest ranking higher yet than an archpriest.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek πρωτοπρεσβύτερος (protopresvýteros). By surface analysis, proto- (“first”) + presbyter.
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