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

Origin of archiepiscopal

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

Related formsar·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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