'Protopapas' definitions:

Definition of 'Protopapas'

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  • Protopapas \Pro`to*pap"as\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a chief priest.] (Gr. Ch.) A protopope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'protopapas'

From: GCIDE
  • Protopope \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. [1913 Webster]