archiepiscopal

American  

[ahr-kee-i-pis-kuh-puhl] / ˌɑr ki ɪˈpɪs kə pəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to an archbishop or to the office of an archbishop.

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archiepiscopal British  

/ ˌɑːkɪɪˈpɪskəpəl /

adjective

1. of or associated with an archbishop

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Other Word Forms

• archiepiscopally adverb
• archiepiscopalty noun

Etymology

Origin of archiepiscopal

1605–15; < Medieval Latin archiepiscopālis, equivalent to Late Latin archiepiscop ( us ) archbishop + Latin -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

En route, she sings “I Have Confidence” inside the beautiful Residence Square, a stopping point next to the archiepiscopal residences in the heart of Salzburg’s Old City.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2015

There is no question, in any case, that he will still be performing his archiepiscopal duties, untroubled by the controversies provoked by the scrolls. ♦

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

To U.S. observers, this fact made their archiepiscopal visitor a more dependable guide to England's present and future than some of his more strenuously progressive colleagues.

From Time Magazine Archive

With all the solemnity that bespeaks the age-old traditions of the Church, the Apostolic Delegate, Monsignor Ildebrando Antoniutti, bestowed upon him the crosier, symbolic of his office, then led him to the archiepiscopal throne.

From Time Magazine Archive

A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah