The Collaborative International Dictionary
protopapas
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.
Wiktionary
protopapas
n. (context religion Greek Church English) A protopope.
Usage examples of "protopapas".
Patriarch of Saint Thomas, the Protopapas of Samarkand, and the ArchProtopapas of Susa.