Noun
A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
Source: Webster's dictionaryArchpriest Avvakum Petrov and many other opponents of the church reforms were burned at the stake, either forcibly or voluntarily. Source: Internet
In 1571 Pozzogottesi obtained from the Grand Court of the Archbishop of Messina permission to elect their chaplain stationed in Saint Vitus no longer depend from Archpriest of Milazzo. Source: Internet
No one except a priest shall be promoted to the dignity of provost, archpriest, or dean; and no one shall be made archdeacon unless he is a deacon. Source: Internet
Originally inferior in rank to the archpriest, the archdeacon by the sixth century had established clear pre-eminence. Source: Internet
When he was elected, on 10 April 847, he was cardinal of Santi Quattro Coronati and had been subdeacon of Gregory IV and archpriest under his predecessor. Source: Internet
Scriptores Volume XVIII, p. 569. Finally, they chose Cardinal Giovanni Gaetani (Orsini), a native Roman, the Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere and senior Deacon, and Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica. Source: Internet