Word: protopopes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pro
to
popes
Definition: Plural of protopope;  is a priest of higher rank in the Eastern Orthodox and the Byzantine Catholic Churches, generally corresponding to Western Christianity's archpriest or the Latin Church's dean
Morphemes:
Affix: proto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of
Affix: pope
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any bishop of the early Christian church.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πάπας
Language: grc
Decoded: papas
Meaning: title for priests and bishops, in the sense of spiritual father
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.