archbishop
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archbishop
- /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/ UK, US
- /ˈɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˌbɪʃəp/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English arċebisċop (“archbishop”), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “to watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop.
noun archbishops · abp. · Abp.
- A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.) Thereupon I declared that I was a heretic and a barbarian—“Je suis hérétique et barbare,” I said, “and that these archbishops and cardinals and monsignors, and the rest of them, meant nothing at all to me.
- A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bishop, archdiocese, archbishopric, episcopalian, monsignor, episcopal, monseigneur, dean, elector, don, gift, elect, mgr, rooftop, bishops, metropolitan
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noun senior bishop
| Español | arzobispo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대주교 daejugyo |
| 日本語 | 大主教 daishukyō, 大司教 daishikyō |
| 中文 | 大主教 dàzhǔjiào |
| Kiswahili | askofu mkuu |
| Português | arcebispo |
| Français | archevêque |
| Deutsch | Erzbischof |
| Italiano | arcivescovo |
| Ελληνικά | αρχιεπίσκοπος archiepískopos |
| Română | arhiepiscop, mitropolit |
| Русский | архиепи́скоп arxijepískop |
| Tiếng Việt | tổng giám mục |
| العربية | أَرْشِي اِبِسْقُوبُس ʔaršī ibisqūbus |
| עברית | אַרְכִיבִּישׁוֹף |
Talk about this word "archbishop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/archbishop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. archbishop. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/archbishop "archbishop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/archbishop.Cite this
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title = {archbishop},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/archbishop},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
