archpriest

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Recent Examples of archpriest As evening fell over the square on Monday, hundreds of people gathered in front of Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the archpriest of the nominal basilica, who led a rosary prayer. Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025 The archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) said that High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) strikes on Russia by Ukraine are God's punishment for abortions, according to the Moscow Times. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 An archpriest, ordained for over 10 years, Bock, 66, shared with The Arizona Republic some of the traditions and customs Eastern Orthodox Christians adhere to during their Lenten and Holy Week. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024 On this cloudless afternoon, beneath a gossamer canopy of pine trees, archpriest Bogdan Dumindiak has finished a graveside service for a grandmother killed in the apartment attack. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2023 Before the general populace were allowed into the basilica, prayers were recited and the basilica’s archpriest, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, sprinkled holy water over the body. Fox News, 3 Jan. 2023 Before the rank-and-file faithful were allowed into the basilica, prayers were recited and the basilica’s archpriest, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, sprinkled holy water over the body, and a small cloud of incense was released near the bier. Time, 2 Jan. 2023 Don Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, was the archpriest of Casnigo, a town in northern Italy about 50 miles northeast of Milan. Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2020 Law moved to Italy to serve as archpriest of the Papal Liberian Basilica of St. Mary Major after he was forced to resign in 2002 as archbishop of Boston. Laura Smith-Spark and Delia Gallagher, CNN, 21 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archpriest
Noun
  • And with that, a one-time refugee officially became San Diego County’s newest bishop and the first Vietnamese American to lead a diocese in the United States.
    Blake Nelson, Mercury News, 18 July 2025
  • Other examples of similar rebukes have come from Catholic figures such as Reverend Michael Pham, bishop of San Diego, California, who joined several of his colleagues in calling for priests, deacons and parish leaders to accompany migrants to court and stand in solidarity with them.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • He was elected pope in March 2013 after serving as archbishop of Buenos Aires, where he was born.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • In total, the outlets reported that nine abbots and senior monks have stepped down from their roles or been thrown out of the monkhood in relation to Emsawat’s case.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 17 July 2025
  • For years, guilt and anguish haunted the temple’s abbot, Ham Tae-wan.
    Zachary Small, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • He’s been a ubiquitous character actor ever since, from the scene-stealing game show host in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream (2000) to the college dean in The House Bunny (2008).
    Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 25 July 2025
  • Nance is also exploring volunteer opportunities with Legal Aid of Arkansas after her appointment as dean ends.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • His only other trip abroad since reassuming the presidency, besides a quick jaunt to the pope’s funeral and a couple of obligatory summits, was a tour through the Middle East.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • The shirts include an outline of the pope’s tall mitre headdress above the White Sox baseball player logo.
    Bill Kirkos, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Francis dramatically reshaped the group of prelates who will soon cast their votes for his successor in front of Michelangelo’s fresco of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
  • However, Panorama magazine maintained that the NSA picked up the prelates’ telephone conversations in the days preceding the conclave, giving them an idea of what might happen before the first vote.
    Time, Time, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.
    Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.
    Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • The two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.
    Jenny Block, New York Times, 13 June 2025
  • His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

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“Archpriest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archpriest. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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