| 释义 |
arch-priest /ärch-prēstˈ/ noun- A chief priest
- In early times, a kind of vicar to the bishop
- Later, a rural dean
- A superior appointed by the Pope to govern the secular priests sent into England from the foreign seminaries during the period 1598–1621
- In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the highest title among the secular clergy
ORIGIN: arch- |