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hierarch in Lithuanian

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

hierarch in Lithuanian

hierarchas
noun
(religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.

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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  • 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 Lithuanian?
"hierarch" in Lithuanian is hierarchas. hierarch means: A person with the highest authority over religious matters, or the head of a religious order.
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