protopope en · NOUN
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πρωτόπαπας (prōtópapas); see proto- + pope.
Meanings
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(Byzantine, qualifier:Eastern Orthodoxy) A protopresbyter.
“But let us return to our first head,” as my esteemed colleague, who was burned alive some centuries ago, the protopope Avvakum, used to say.
1906 [1867], Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, translation of Дым (Dym) by Ivan Turgenev:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| protopopes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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