maphrian means catholicos, high-ranking bishop. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- catholicos, high-ranking bishop“Tabriz was not subordinated directly to the Patriarchate with the nominal see in Antioch in Syria, but to the so-called Maphrian, who administered the entire East of the West-Syrian sphere from Mesopotamia to Central Asia.”