Word Meanings - ARCHPRIEST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.

Related words: (words related to ARCHPRIEST)

• PRIESTLIKE
  Priestly. B. Jonson.
• CHIEFLESS
  Without a chief or leader.
• RURALITY
  1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. "Leafy ruralities." Carlyle.
• VICARIAN
  A vicar. Marston.
• CHIEFEST
  First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
• PRIESTING
  The office of a priest. Milton.
• VICARIOUS
  Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation. (more info) turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin
• RURALIZE
  To render rural; to give a rural appearance to.
• RURAL
  1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect. Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs. Shak. 2. Of
• PRIESTESS
  A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp. Potter.
• PRIEST-RIDDEN
  Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. Swift.
• VICARIATE
  Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious. Barrow.
• PRIESTISM
  The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood.
• CHIEF JUSTICE
  The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
• CHIEF HARE
  A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ.
• VICARY
  A vicar.
• VICARIAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a vicar; as, vicarial tithes. 2. Delegated; vicarious; as, vicarial power.
• CHIEFTAINCY; CHIEFTAINSHIP
  The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
• PRIESTCAP
  A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail.
• CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP
  The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.
• UNVICAR
  To deprive of the position or office a vicar. Strype.
• EQUICRURAL
  Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. "Equicrural triangles." Sir T. Browne.
• KERCHIEF
  couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
• MISCHIEF
  + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
• ENKERCHIEFED
  Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.
• BICRURAL
  Having two legs. Hooker.
• HIGH-PRIESTHOOD
  The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
• NECKERCHIEF
  A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.
• MISCHIEFFUL
  Mischievous. Foote.
• MISCHIEFABLE
  Mischievous. Lydgate.