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archpriesthood

archpriesthood noun: the office of an archpriest.

Noun

archpriesthood (plural archpriesthoods)

  1. The office of an archpriest.
    • [Y]et Philoſophers I cannot call them, reported men factious and ambitious, contending ſomtimes about the archprieſthood not without civil Warr and ſlaughter; […]1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 49

Forms of archpriesthood

pluralarchpriesthoods

Origin of archpriesthood

From archpriest + -hood.

Questions about archpriesthood

What does archpriesthood mean?
Archpriesthood means the office of an archpriest.
What part of speech is archpriesthood?
Archpriesthood is a noun.
What is the plural of archpriesthood?
The plural of archpriesthood is archpriesthoods.

Words near archpriesthood in the dictionary

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

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