قمص

English translation: Parish priest

00:19 Feb 5, 2007
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / Coptic clergy
Arabic term or phrase: قمص
القمص موسى عزيز انتقد السبتيين

This has to do with the row going on between the Coptic Church and the Seventh-day Adventists in Egypt
Jacques Saleh
United States
Local time: 14:10
English translation:Parish priest
Explanation:
I just phoned the local Coptic Diosese of Brisbane.
The hierarchy is as follows:
أبونا - Father
قمص - Head of the Parish
مطران - Bishop
البابا - The Pope in Alexandria
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Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 05:10
Grading comment
Thanks, Sam, for your search... although I saw 2 different Internet sites (one of them by the Coptic Church) in which the term was used simply as "priest." But I guess "parish priest" should work too, per your first-hand Coptic source.
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Sam Berner
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Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)


  

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archbishop


Explanation:
Seems to be the msot likely guess, as there is no word in any of the following dictionaries (Sakhr, al-Mawrid and Ectaco) such as قمص in this context.

Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
Local time: 22:10
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Native speaker of: Arabic
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Parish priest


Explanation:
I just phoned the local Coptic Diosese of Brisbane.
The hierarchy is as follows:
أبونا - Father
قمص - Head of the Parish
مطران - Bishop
البابا - The Pope in Alexandria

Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 05:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
Thanks, Sam, for your search... although I saw 2 different Internet sites (one of them by the Coptic Church) in which the term was used simply as "priest." But I guess "parish priest" should work too, per your first-hand Coptic source.

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