archiepiscopal

[ ahr-kee-i-pis-kuh-puh l ]

/ ˌɑr ki ɪˈpɪs kə pəl /

adjective

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

Nearby words

archidiaconal, archidiaconate, archie, archie bunker, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopal, archiepiscopal cross, archiepiscopate, archil, archilochian, archilochus

Origin of archiepiscopal

1605–15; < Medieval Latin archiepiscopālis, equivalent to Late Latin archiepiscop(us) archbishop + Latin -ālis -al¹

Related forms

ar·chi·e·pis·co·pal·ty, nounar·chi·e·pis·co·pal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for archiepiscopal

Given in our archiepiscopal palace, in the city of Manila, October twenty-six, one thousand six hundred and thirty-five.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36|Various
The religious went in and out of his archiepiscopal palace as before, holding meetings and causing trouble in the community.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36|Various
Near the cathedral is an archiepiscopal museum of church antiquities.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6|Various
But even in Dublin strange things happened; thus the archiepiscopal crozier was in pawn for eighty years from 1449.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7|Various

It is in this chair, and not in the archiepiscopal throne in the choir, that the archbishops are still enthroned.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.].|Hartley Withers

British Dictionary definitions for archiepiscopal

archiepiscopal

/ (ˌɑːkɪɪˈpɪskəpəl) /

adjective

of or associated with an archbishop

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