archierey
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian архиере́й (arxijeréj), from Ancient Greek.
Noun edit
archierey pl (plural only)
- (ecclesiastical) The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
- 1802, Charles François Philibert Masson, Secret Memoirs of the Court of Petersburg:
- the eparchial archiereys, under whose authority the schools
References edit
- “archierey”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.