how to pronounce протоиерей

/prətəɪˈrʲej/

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протоиерей is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of протоиерей in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… важнее всего протоиерей андрей …”

meanings of протоиерей

noun:

Archpriest (religious title/rank, Orthodox church).

протоиерей frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word протоиерей occurs in russian on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.