ecclesiarchn.
/ɛˈkliːzɪɑːk/ A ruler of the church.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [noun]
bishopc893
prelate?c1225
prince of priests?c1225
high priestc1400
pontificala1450
emperor clerkc1475
gentleman untrial1486
dignitya1525
Aaron1565
hierarch1574
presul1577
monsignor1579
church governor1588
pontiff1589
archbishop1600
monseigneur1601
monsignor1611
sheikh1613
protomist1619
Mar1622
hyperochality1637
protarch1654
pontifex1655
prelatical1658
dignitary1672
hierophanta1676
Monsig.1698
ecclesiarch1781
arch-pontiff1790
Mgr1848
Msgr.1868
patriarch-
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. lxvi. 671 The great ecclesiarch poorly excuses his submission to the emperor.
1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 92 He..was..a sort of lay ecclesiarch in the county.
Derivatives
eˈcclesiarchy n.
ΚΠ
1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 167 Emancipation of Christianity from tradition and ecclesiarchy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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