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protopopes

protopopes is the plural of protopope.

Meaning of protopope

Noun

protopope (plural protopopes)

  1. (Byzantine, Eastern Orthodoxy) A protopresbyter.
    • “But let us return to our first head,” as my esteemed colleague, who was burned alive some centuries ago, the protopope Avvakum, used to say.1906 [1867], Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, translation of Дым (Dym) by Ivan Turgenev

Questions about protopopes

What is protopopes the plural of?
Protopopes is the plural of protopope.

Words near protopopes in the dictionary

  1. protopodium
  2. protopods
  3. protopoetic
  4. protopolygonatoside
  5. protopope
  6. protopopes
  7. protoporcelain
  8. protoporcelains
  9. protopore
  10. protopores
  11. protoporphirin

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