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(Eastern Orthodox Church) The highest rank given to a married priest.
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(Roman Catholic Church) An honorific title applied to a priest who has a specific function.
Examples of archpriests in a Sentence
He has the right to certain procurations, and to appoint and depose archpriests and rural deans.
They include those of patriarchs, archbishops, metropolitans and bishops in the first rank of the hierarchy, with their subordinate officials, such as archdeacons, archpriests, deans and canons, &c., in the lower ranks.
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."