(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:19:02

Pro"to*pope (?), n. [Proto- + pope: cf. F. protopope, Russ. protopop'.] Gr. Ch.

One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy; an archpriest; -- called also protopapas.

 

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