protopresbyter

[ proh-toh-prez-bi-ter, -pres- ]

nounEastern Church.
  1. a title given to distinguished priests.

Origin of protopresbyter

1
From the Medieval Greek word prōtopresbýteros, dating back to 1880–85. See proto-, presbyter

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