archpriesthood

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noun

The office of an archpriest.

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Meanings

nounarchpriesthood (plural archpriesthoods)

plural archpriesthoods

  1. ecclesiasticalThe office of an archpriest.

    [Y]et Philoſophers I cannot call them, reported men factious and ambitious, contending ſomtimes about the archprieſthood not without civil Warr and ſlaughter; […]

    1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 49

Origin

From archpriest + -hood.

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Translations

Catalan arxiprestat
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Italian arcipretura
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Spanish arciprestazgo
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Cite this entry
APA

archpriesthood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archpriesthood

MLA

“archpriesthood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archpriesthood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archpriesthood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archpriesthood.

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