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Archpriest

🔄 Synonyms of "Archpriest"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
hierarchnoun	(religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
high priestnoun	(religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
prelatenoun	A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
primatenoun	(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Archpriest"

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Word	Definition
prelatenoun	A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.
high priestnoun	(religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
hierarchnoun	(religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.
primatenoun	(zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
archbishopessnoun	(rare) A female archbishop.
prelatessnoun	(archaic) A female prelate.
priestessnoun	A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.
archdeaconessnoun	A female archdeacon.
presbyteressnoun	(obsolete) A female presbyter (elder of the congregation in early Christianity).
popenoun	(Roman Catholicism and generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
presbyteranoun	A female presbyter.
pèrenoun	A priest of the Roman Catholic Church, especially a French one. Also used as a title preceding the name of such a priest.
abeghanoun	(ecclesiastical) A celibate priest or monk of the Armenian Apostolic Church; a hieromonk.
fathernoun	A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
ordaineenoun	One who is ordained.
padrenoun	(Christianity) A Roman Catholic or Anglican priest.
bishopessnoun	A female bishop.
presbytressnoun	Alternative form of presbyteress. [(historical) A presbyter or priest's wife.]
fathershipnoun	The state of being a father
patriarchessnoun	A female patriarch; a woman with the role of patriarch.