See also:

• ARCHPRIEST (Lat. archipresbyter, Gr. apxtirpec/3urepos)

ARCHPRIEST (See also:

• LAT

Lat. archipresbyter, Gr. apxtirpec/3urepos)  , in the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, originally the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the priests in a See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese . The See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office appears as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century as that of the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest who presided over the presbyters of the diocese and assisted the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop in matters of public See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, much as the See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon helped him in administrative affairs . Where, as in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, the dioceses were of vast extent, these were divided into several archpresbyterates . Out of these See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed the rural deaneries, the office of See also:

• ARCHPRIEST (Lat. archipresbyter, Gr. apxtirpec/3urepos)

archpriest being ultimately merged in that of rural See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean, with which it became synonymous . It thus became strictly subordinate to the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of the archdeacon . In See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome itself, as the office of archdeacon See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew into that of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal-camerlengo, so that of archpriest of St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's developed into that of the cardinal-See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from 1598 until the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of a vicar-apostolic in 1623 the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy were placed by the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope under an " archpriest " as See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MISSION

mission . In the Lutheran Church in Germany the title archpriest (Erzpriester) was in some cases See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long retained as the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of that of See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent, sometimes also still called dean (Dechant), his functions being much the same as those of the rural dean .