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

One day in 1949 Justice Minister Alexei Cepicka visited the archiepiscopal palace, hoping to bully him into submission.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

In England Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury probably stood closest to him; in France his champion was Bishop Hugo of Di�, who afterwards ascended the archiepiscopal chair of Lyons.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various