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hierarch in Greek

hierarch in Greek is ιεράρχης — hierarch means a person with the highest authority over religious matters, or the head of a religious order.

hierarch in Greek

ιεράρχης
noun
Pronounced: ierarchis

What does "hierarch" mean?

  1. noun A person with the highest authority over religious matters, or the head of a religious order.
  2. noun (religion) A title for a bishop acting as the senior legal authority within their diocese.
    "The law states that the local ordinary can give to any Catholic priest the faculty to bless the marriages of non-Catholic Eastern Christians if the faithful voluntarily ask for it and the priest prudently informs the appropriate hierarch."
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hierarch in a sentence

  • The law states that the local ordinary can give to any Catholic priest the faculty to bless the marriages of non-Catholic Eastern Christians if the faithful voluntarily ask for it and the priest prudently informs the appropriate hierarch.

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What is "hierarch" in Greek?
"hierarch" in Greek is ιεράρχης. hierarch means: A person with the highest authority over religious matters, or the head of a religious order.
How do you pronounce ιεράρχης?
"hierarch" in Greek is ιεράρχης, pronounced "ierarchis".
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