plural of priest-king

(religion) A sacred king, a monarch with prominent religious attributes. / (religion) A theocrat, a sovereign high priest.

Alternative form of protopriest

(Catholicism, Anglicanism) A priest not assigned to a particular parish who is available to substitute temporarily for a parish priest who is ill, on vacation, or otherwise unavailable.

plural of supply priest

Dominated or plagued by priests.

plural of worker-priest

(historical) A Roman Catholic secular priest, distinct from those living under a rule. / Later, a priest retained in chantries etc. to say masses for the dead. / A Roman Catholic priest generally.

plural of mass priest

(historical, religion) A priest who took up manual labour to experience the everyday life of the working class, and gain the trust of the working class.