'Protopope' definitions:

Definition of 'Protopope'

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]