archbishop
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of…A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
» Bishops, archbishops and abbots composed the high clergy.
Bischöfe, Erzbischöfe und Äbte bildeten den Hochklerus.
Епископы, архиепископы и аббаты составляли высшее духовенство.
Meaning
2 sensesA senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
Erzbischof
архиепи́скопarxijepískop
архієпи́скопarxijepýskop
A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.
- a bishop of highest rank
Examples
5 sentencesBishops, archbishops and abbots composed the high clergy.
ruЕпископы, архиепископы и аббаты составляли высшее духовенство.
deBischöfe, Erzbischöfe und Äbte bildeten den Hochklerus.
The archbishop caused an uproar with his dismissive comments about the nuns' concerns.
deDie herablassenden Äußerungen des Erzbischofs zu den Anliegen der Nonnen führten zum Eklat.
Laurent Weber is the archbishop of Portland.
ruЛоран Вебер - архиепископ Портленда.
deLaurent Weber ist der Erzbischof von Portland.
Sami met the Anglican archbishop in Dublin.
We met the kind old Archbishop of York.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English arċebisċop (“archbishop”)From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English arċebisċop (“archbishop”), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “to watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop.
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