kirkkoherra
Finnish
Etymology
kirkko (“church”) + herra (“master, lord”), mistranslation of Swedish kyrkoherde (“vicar”).
Noun
kirkkoherra
- A middle ranking Finnish church official of higher rank than a pappi (priest, vicar or preacher) but below the rank of piispa(bishop). A dean, a parson, rector (cleric in charge of a Lutheran or Orthodox parish)
Usage notes
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.
Declension
| Inflection of kirkkoherra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat | |
| genitive | kirkkoherran | kirkkoherrojen | |
| partitive | kirkkoherraa | kirkkoherroja | |
| illative | kirkkoherraan | kirkkoherroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat | |
| accusative | nom. | kirkkoherra | kirkkoherrat |
| gen. | kirkkoherran | ||
| genitive | kirkkoherran | kirkkoherrojen kirkkoherrainrare | |
| partitive | kirkkoherraa | kirkkoherroja | |
| inessive | kirkkoherrassa | kirkkoherroissa | |
| elative | kirkkoherrasta | kirkkoherroista | |
| illative | kirkkoherraan | kirkkoherroihin | |
| adessive | kirkkoherralla | kirkkoherroilla | |
| ablative | kirkkoherralta | kirkkoherroilta | |
| allative | kirkkoherralle | kirkkoherroille | |
| essive | kirkkoherrana | kirkkoherroina | |
| translative | kirkkoherraksi | kirkkoherroiksi | |
| instructive | — | kirkkoherroin | |
| abessive | kirkkoherratta | kirkkoherroitta | |
| comitative | — | kirkkoherroineen | |
Derived terms
- kirkkoherranvirasto