protopresbyter

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Greek πρωτοπρεσβύτερος (protopresvýteros). By surface analysis, proto- (“first”) +‎ presbyter. === Noun === protopresbyter (plural protopresbyters) (Eastern Orthodoxy) An archpriest or, in the Russian Orthodox tradition, a non-monastic priest ranking higher yet than an archpriest. Synonyms: protoiereus, protopope, protopriest