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noun
The first cardinal priest in the order of precedence in the College of Cardinals, who has the honour of pronouncing the formal prayer for the new pope at the papal inauguration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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noun
Synonym of protopresbyter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
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Synonyms: protopresbyter
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History
From proto- + priest.
