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Webster 1913 Edition


Protopope

Pro′to-pope

,
Noun.
[
Proto-
+
pope
: cf. F.
protopope
, Russ.
protopop’
.]
(Gr. Ch.)
One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest; – called also
protopapas
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Protopope

PRO'TOPOPE

,
Noun.
[Gr. first, and pope.] Chief pope or imperial confessor, an officer of the holy directing synod,the supreme spiritual court of the Greek church in Russia.

Definition 2024


protopope

protopope

English

Noun

protopope (plural protopopes)

  1. One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest.

Synonyms

  • protopapa