Protopope

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]