archiepiscopal
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of archiepiscopal
1605–15; < Medieval Latin archiepiscopālis, equivalent to Late Latin archiepiscop ( us ) archbishop + Latin -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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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.
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
Hollow-eyed, bewildered, unhappy, warned by police not to stir outside lest the sight of him "provoke" angry Viennese, he secluded himself in his archiepiscopal palace near St. Stephen's Cathedral.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ramsey, with his bobbing eyebrows and familiar stutter, was a colorful man whom Hollywood might have cast in the archiepiscopal role.
From Time Magazine Archive
These books, many of them preposterous in their shape, "limited editions" produced in conditions of archiepiscopal splendour of binding and type, possess, it must be admitted, little positive value.
From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
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