archierey

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian архиере́й (arxijeréj), from Ancient Greek.

Noun[edit]

archierey pl (plural only)

  1. (ecclesiastical) The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
    • 1802, Charles François Philibert Masson, Secret Memoirs of the Court of Petersburg:
      the eparchial archiereys, under whose authority the schools

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