archpriest

Other forms of archpriest

plural

archpriests·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about archpriest

What does archpriest mean?

archpriest means "a senior clergyman and dignitary".

How many syllables are in archpriest?

archpriest has 2 syllables: arch-priest. The stress falls on "arch".

What is another word for archpriest?

Close synonyms include hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is archpriest a common word?

archpriest is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.