# Aleqa

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Honorific title for priest in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

The title **Aleqa** ("Master", also transliterated **Alaqa**) is a [honorific title](/source/Honorific) used in the [Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church](/source/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church). It is used as the title of a chief [priest](/source/Priest) of a major church, the head of a [monastery](/source/Monastery), as well as being an [honorific](/source/Honorific) for a highly educated member of the church, especially in the case of [dabtaras](/source/Dabtara).

An Alaqa is responsible for maintaining order in the church, as well as the administration.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Uhlig, Siegbert; Bausi, Alessandro; Yimam, Baye; Crummey, Donald; Goldenberg, Gideon, eds. (2003). [*Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C*](https://books.google.com/books?id=-dJyAAAAMAAJ&dq=encyclopedia+aethiopica+a-c&pg=PR17). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. pp. 191–192. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9783447047463](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783447047463). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [722894586](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/722894586). {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: |work= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored))

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