kirkkoherra

Calque of Swedish kyrkherre; kirkko (“church”) +‎ herra (“master, lord”). Some sources claim the term is a mistranslation of Swedish kyrkoherde (“vicar”, literally “church shepherd”), but that term is more likely a later alteration of kyrkherre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkirkːoˌherːɑ/, [ˈk̟irkːo̞ˌhe̞rːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -erːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kirk‧ko‧her‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): kirkko‧herra

kirkkoherra

1. parish priest (Catholic, UK), pastor (Lutheran; Catholic, US); parson, rector, vicar (Anglican) (main priest serving a parish)

• Kirkkoherra is a middle ranking Finnish church official of higher rank than a pappi (“priest, preacher”) but below the rank of piispa (“bishop”).
• The English equivalents for kirkkoherra vary widely by the country and congregation and same title may be used to mean different positions in different churches.

• “kirkkoherra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023