archbishop

[ ahrch-bish-uhp ]
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noun
  1. a bishop of the highest rank who presides over an archbishopric or archdiocese.

Origin of archbishop

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English arcebisceop (arce-arch-1 + bisceopbishop), modeled on Late Latin archiepiscopus<Greek archiepískopos; replacing Old English hēahbisceop (see high)

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British Dictionary definitions for archbishop

archbishop

/ (ˈɑːtʃˈbɪʃəp) /


noun
  1. a bishop of the highest rank: Abbreviation: abp, Abp, Arch, Archbp

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