ἀρχιέρεως
έως, εω,
also: ἀρχιέρεως, ἀρχι‐ιερεύς
A.
arch-priest, chief-priest, ll. cc., freq. in Inscrr., νήσου OGI 93.3 (Cyprus), etc.: esp. in Roman provinces, of the Imperial cult, ἀ. Ἀσίας ib. 458.31, etc., cf. PRyl. 149.2 (i A. D.), etc.:—at Rome, = pontifex, Plu. Num. 9, etc.; ἀ. μέγιστος, = pontifex maximus, SIG 832, etc. (but ἀρχιερεύς alone, IG 7.2711, etc.):—at Jerusalem, high-priest, LXX Le. 4.3, Ev.Matt. 26.3, etc. (Spelt ἀρχι‐ιερεύς IGRom. 4.882 (Themisonium)).