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Starets

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staretznoun	Alternative form of starets. [(Eastern Orthodoxy, chiefly Russian Orthodoxy) An Eastern Orthodox elder, typically a monk or hieromonk, often renowned for holy wisdom, who functions as an adviser and teacher.]
archimandritenoun	(Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
rectornoun	A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.
eldernoun	A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.
seniornoun	(now chiefly US) An old person.
starshinanoun	A sergeant major in Russia.
subdeaconnoun	(Anglicanism) A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass.
prior	Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
sergeantnoun	(military) A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
exarchnoun	In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.
presbyternoun	An elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches.
stewardnoun	A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
deaconnoun	(Christianity, by extension) A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
posadniknoun	(historical, specifically) the mayor or leader of Novgorod and Pskov.
religious leadernoun	Someone who is recognized by a religious body as having some authority within that body.
archdeaconnoun	(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.
archiereynoun	(ecclesiastical) The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
bishopnoun	(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
prepositusnoun	(historical) A provost: the presiding officer of various ecclesiastical bodies.
starostanoun	Alternative form of starost. [(historical) A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty.]