Latin search results for: antistes

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: common

Definitions:

  1. (high) priest/priestess
  2. master/authority (w/GEN)
  3. mouthpiece of god
  4. protector
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. bishop, abbot, prelate
  2. master
  3. occasionally applied to those of inferior rank
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: C.H. Beeson, “A Primer of Medieval Latin”, 1925 (Bee)