JW
Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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For others who may encounter the same title, I received the following analysis:
_al_ = 'vice'- as in 'viceroy', 'sub-' as in 'Subcomandante Marcos', 'under' as in 'undersecretary of state'.
_esperes_ is 'dean' or 'archpriest' (what the Brits call 'rural dean'). A diocese is divided into districts, and in each district a priest is appointed dean or archpriest. Clergy of the district usually submit problems to him; if they cannot be resolved at the district level, he passes them on to the bishop.
So I take _alesp._ to be 'assistant' or 'associate' 'dean' or 'archpriest'.
General Magyar dictionaries are poor in ecclesiastical terminology. O tempora, O mores!
Thanks S. (via Rusyn Mailing List) |
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