archbishop

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Etymology

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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, I watch over), from ἐπί (epí, over) +‎ σκοπέω (skopéō, I examine), equivalent to arch- +‎ bishop.

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  • (US, UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/, (less often) /ˈɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˌbɪʃəp/
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Noun

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archbishop (plural archbishops)

  1. 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.)

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