The ecclesiastical title of archpriest or archpresbyter belongs to certain priests with supervisory duties over a number of parishes. The term is most often used in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Eastern Catholic Churches and may be somewhat analogous to a monsignor, vicar forane or dean in the Latin Church, but in the Eastern churches an archpriest wears an additional vestment and, typically, a pectoral cross, and becomes an archpriest via a liturgical ceremony. The term may be used in the Latin Catholic Church in certain historical titles and may replace in popular usage the title of vicar forane, otherwise often known as a dean. Antiquity
In ancient times, the archdeacon was the head of the deacons of a diocese, as is still the case in the Eastern Orthodox Church, while the archpriest was the chief of the presbyerate of the diocese, i.e. of the priests as a body. The latters  duties included deputising for the bishop in spiritual matters when necessary. Western Christianity
Latin Catholic Church
In the western Church, by the Middle Ages, the use of the title had evolved and became assigned to the priest of the principal parish among several local parishes. This priest had general charge of worship in this archpresbyterate, and the parishioners of the smaller parishes had to attend Sunday Mass and hold baptisms at the principal parish while the subordinate parishes instead held daily mass and homilies.
: Shokugeki no Soma
Jarlskona Soma, a character in Assassins Creed: Valhalla
Ryu Soma, a character in Argento Soma

Places
South Main, a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Soma, Gambia, a town in Gambia
Sama, South Khorasan or Somā, Iran
Sōma, Aomori, a village in Nakatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Sōma, Fukushima, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Sōma District, Fukushima, a district in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Soma, Manisa, a town and district of Manisa Province, Turkey
South of Market, San Francisco or SoMa, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, U.S
SoMa, the 4th arrondissement part of Le Marais in Paris, France

Science
Soma (biology), the cell body of a neuron
Carisoprodol or Soma, a muscle relaxant drug

Other uses
Soma (deity), a Hindu deity
Soma (drink), a ritual drink in Indo-Iranian cultures
Sōma (surname)
Soma (video game), a 2015 survival horror science fiction video game
System Open Market Account, a monetary policy tool used by the US Federal Reserve System
Soma cube, a solid dissection puzzle invented by Piet Hein
Soma San Diego, a concert venue in San Diego, California
System Open Market Account, a pool of financial assets owned & operated by the US Federal Reserve, held as an emergency store of liquidity and used as collateral against liabilities

See also
Malmheim og Soma, a borough of Sandnes, Norway
Parisoma (disambiguation)
Som (disambiguation)
Sōma (disambiguation)
Sōma clan, a Japanese clan of Mutsu Province from the 16th century
Soma 0.5mg, a 2018 album by Taconafide
SomaFM, a listener-supported, commercial-free Internet radio station
Somatherapy, also Soma or SOMA, a therapy designed by Brazilian Roberto Freire
Somatic (disambiguation)