Archpriest Definition

ärchprēst
noun
Used formerly as a title for a priest holding first rank among the members of a cathedral chapter, acting as chief assistant to a bishop.
American Heritage
A priest who acts as a bishop's chief assistant; dean.
Webster's New World
An honorific title applied to a priest, which may be accompanied by a specific function.
American Heritage
A chief priest.
Webster's New World
The highest rank a married priest can hold.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Archpriest

Noun

Singular:
archpriest
Plural:
archpriests

Origin of Archpriest

  • Middle English archeprest from Old French archeprestre from Late Latin archipresbyter from Late Greek arkhipresbuteros Greek arkhi- archi- Greek presbuteros priest presbyter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Archpriest Sentence Examples

  • He studied at Paris and Bologna, and, having been successively archpriest of St Peter's, papal chaplain, cardinal-deacon of Sant' Eustachio, cardinal-bishop of Ostia, the first protector of the Franciscan order, and papal legate in Germany under Innocent III., and Honorius III., he succeeded the latter in the papacy.

  • The Patriarchate of Alexandria, consisting of Egypt and its dependencies, was at one time the most powerful, as it was the most centralized, of all, and the patriarch still preserves his ancient titles of " pope " and " father of fathers, pastor of pastors, archpriest of archpriests, thirteenth apostle, and oecumenical judge."

  • Out of these developed the rural deaneries, the office of archpriest being ultimately merged in that of rural dean, with which it became synonymous.

  • In Rome itself, as the office of archdeacon grew into that of cardinal-camerlengo, so that of archpriest of St Peter's developed into that of the cardinal-vicar.

  • In England from 1598 until the appointment of a vicar-apostolic in 1623 the Roman Catholic clergy were placed by the pope under an "archpriest" as superior of the English mission.

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