antistes (plural antistites)

[Lat.] (1) A president of any kind; (2) a high-priest. "He tells what the Christians had wont to do in their several congregations, to read and expound, to pray and administer, all which he says the προεστώς, or antistes, did."-Milton: Of Prel. Episcopacy. "Unle they had as many antistites as presbyters." -Ibid .