Archpriesthood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The office of an archpriest.

    "[Y]et Philoſophers I cannot call them, reported men factious and ambitious, contending ſomtimes about the archprieſthood not without civil Warr and ſlaughter; […]"

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"[Y]et Philoſophers I cannot call them, reported men factious and ambitious, contending ſomtimes about the archprieſthood not without civil Warr and ſlaughter; […]"

Etymology

From archpriest + -hood.

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