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ärch'prēst'

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hierarch
One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
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high-priest
Jesus Christ.
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prelate
A high-ranking member of the clergy, especially a bishop.
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primate
An archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop in a province, etc.
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  • He studied at Paris and Bologna, and, having been successively archpriest of St Peter's, papal chaplain, cardinal-deacon of Sant' Eustachio, cardinal-bishop of Ostia, the first protector of the Franciscan order, and papal legate in Germany under Innocent III., and Honorius III., he succeeded the latter in the papacy.

  • The Patriarchate of Alexandria, consisting of Egypt and its dependencies, was at one time the most powerful, as it was the most centralized, of all, and the patriarch still preserves his ancient titles of " pope " and " father of fathers, pastor of pastors, archpriest of archpriests, thirteenth apostle, and oecumenical judge."

  • Out of these developed the rural deaneries, the office of archpriest being ultimately merged in that of rural dean, with which it became synonymous.

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