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Origin
- Middle Englisharchepreest, archeprest, archiprest, ercheprest, erchepreste
- Englisharchpriest
From Middle English archepreest, archeprest, archiprest, ercheprest, erchepreste; compare Old French archeprestre and Medieval Latin archipresbyter; equivalent to arch- + priest. Piecewise doublet of archpresbyter.
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Catalan arxipreste
- arxiprestereligious title/rank
Dutch aartspriester
- aartspriesterreligious title/rank
Esperanto ĉefpresbitero
- ĉefpresbiteroreligious title/rank
Estonian ülempreester
- ülempreesterreligious title/rank
Finnish arkkipappi
- arkkipappireligious title/rank
French archiprêtre
- archiprêtrereligious title/rank
German Erzpriester
- Erzpriesterreligious title/rank
Hungarian főesperes
- főesperesreligious title/rank
Italian arciprete
- arcipretereligious title/rank
Polish archiprezbiter
- archiprezbiterreligious title/rank
Portuguese arquipresbítero, arquissacerdote
- arquipresbíteroreligious title/rank
- arquissacerdotereligious title/rank
Romanian arhipreot, protopop
- arhipreotreligious title/rank
- protopopreligious title/rank
- protoiereureligious title/rank
Russian протоиере́й, первосвяще́нник
- протоиере́й (protoijeréj)religious title/rank
- первосвяще́нник (pervosvjaščénnik)religious title/rank
Spanish arcipreste
- arciprestereligious title/rank
Cite this entry
APA
archpriest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archpriest
MLA
“archpriest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archpriest. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archpriest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archpriest.
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