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kirkkoherra
kirkkoherra
Finnish
Noun
kirkkoherra
- A middle ranking Finnish church official of higher rank than a pappi (priest, vicar or preacher) but below the rank of piispa(bishop). A dean, a parson, rector (cleric in charge of a Lutheran or Orthodox parish)
Declension
| Inflection of kirkkoherra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat | |
| genitive | kirkkoherran | kirkkoherrojen | |
| partitive | kirkkoherraa | kirkkoherroja | |
| illative | kirkkoherraan | kirkkoherroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat | |
| accusative | nom. | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat |
| gen. | kirkkoherran | ||
| genitive | kirkkoherran | kirkkoherrojen kirkkoherrainrare |
|
| partitive | kirkkoherraa | kirkkoherroja | |
| inessive | kirkkoherrassa | kirkkoherroissa | |
| elative | kirkkoherrasta | kirkkoherroista | |
| illative | kirkkoherraan | kirkkoherroihin | |
| adessive | kirkkoherralla | kirkkoherroilla | |
| ablative | kirkkoherralta | kirkkoherroilta | |
| allative | kirkkoherralle | kirkkoherroille | |
| essive | kirkkoherrana | kirkkoherroina | |
| translative | kirkkoherraksi | kirkkoherroiksi | |
| instructive | — | kirkkoherroin | |
| abessive | kirkkoherratta | kirkkoherroitta | |
| comitative | — | kirkkoherroineen | |
Usage notes
The English equivalents for kirkkoherra vary widely by the country and congregation and same title may be used to mean different positions in different churches.