archiepiscopal
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Etymology
Origin of archiepiscopal
1605–15; < Medieval Latin archiepiscopālis, equivalent to Late Latin archiepiscop ( us ) archbishop + Latin -ālis -al 1
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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
On a structure more like an archiepiscopal throne than an office chair, on the 50th floor of Manhattan's RCA Building, sat dapper, pudging Russell Birdwell, press-agent extraordinary.
From Time Magazine Archive
To U.S. observers, this fact made their archiepiscopal visitor a more dependable guide to England's present and future than some of his more strenuously progressive colleagues.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is known under the double vocable of Lyon et Vienne, and is the outgrowth of the more ancient ecclesiastical province of Vienne, whose archiepiscopal dignity was domiciled in St. Maurice.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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