archiepiscopal

[ahr-kee-i-pis-kuh-puhl]

adjective

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

archiepiscopal

/ ˌɑːkɪɪˈpɪskəpəl /

adjective

1. of or associated with an archbishop

Other Word Forms

• archiepiscopalty noun
• archiepiscopally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of archiepiscopal¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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Bohemia formed part of the great archiepiscopal province of Mainz, whose metropolitan could exercise but an ineffective supervision over a district so distant.

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At the expiration of the thirty days, on February 22, the archiepiscopal inquisitors rejected Eckhart’s appeal as frivolous.

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He was destined for the church, and in 1532 was raised to the archiepiscopal see of Braga.

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