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archpriest

archpriest noun: the highest rank given to a married priest.

Noun

archpriest (plural archpriests)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The highest rank given to a married priest.
  2. An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.

archpriest meaning in Tamil

archpriest in Tamil

தலைமை குரு

Synonyms of archpriest

Forms of archpriest

pluralarchpriests

Origin of archpriest

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

Words formed from archpriest

Questions about archpriest

What does archpriest mean?
Archpriest means the highest rank given to a married priest.
What is archpriest in Tamil?
Archpriest in Tamil is தலைமை குரு. See Archpriest meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is archpriest?
Archpriest is a noun.
What is the plural of archpriest?
The plural of archpriest is archpriests.

Words near archpriest in the dictionary

  1. archprelates
  2. archpresbyter
  3. archpresbyteries
  4. archpresbyters
  5. archpresbytery
  6. archpriest
  7. archpriesthood
  8. archpriesthoods
  9. archpriestly
  10. archpriests
  11. archprimate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archpriest (page history and authors); archpriest (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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