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In Latin, praepositus is a term with many meanings, usually with the sense of leadership of some sort over a religious community. Niermeyer has several useful definitions.

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I've seen it as Praepositus. You might check past usage of Provost.

Tom Izbicki

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Subject: Re: [M-R] archpriest (and preposito)

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Piggy-backing onto Meg's query, has anyone any good suggestions for how to translate 'preposito'? It's the term used for the head priest of a 'prepositura', and as I understand it that's a clerical community in a privately-founded institution. I've been using 'provost' but am open to better suggestions.

Laura

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On 5 November 2015 at 14:38, Neslihan Senocak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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Hi,

Yes, archpriest is the highest dignity in most of the Italian cathedrals. Not so much a translation, but the office duties seem to correspond to those of the "dean" in the English and Norman cathedrals.

Best,

Nesli

Neslihan Senocak
Associate Professor of History (Medieval Europe)
Columbia University

On Nov 5, 2015, at 9:17 AM, "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Greetings all,
> I´m wondering if there is a good English translation for the term 'archpriest' who in the case I am interested in appears to be the 'head' priest at a cathedral?
> Meg
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