Home › Words › A › archiereyarchiereyarchierey · noun — the higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Russian архиере́й (arxijeréj), from Ancient Greek.nounThe higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.e.g.“the eparchial archiereys, under whose authority the schools” — 1802, Charles François Philibert Masson, Secret Memoirs of the Court of Petersburg:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.archbishopry 68% match — The office of archbishop. vs archierey →archpriesthood 68% match — The office of an archpriest. vs archierey →protopresbyter 67% match — An archpriest or, in the Russian Orthodox tradition, a non-monastic priest ranking higher yet than an archpriest. vs archierey →archprelate 66% match — An archbishop or other chief prelate. vs archierey →archimandrite 66% match — The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church. vs archierey →archpresbyter 66% match — Synonym of archpriest. vs archierey →archeparchy 65% match — The archdiocese of an archbishop in Eastern Christendom vs archierey →archbish 65% match — An archbishop. vs archierey →