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abp.

abp. is the abbreviation of archbishop.

Meaning of archbishop

Noun

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.)
    • 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.1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler
  2. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.

Noun capitalized: Abp.

Abp.

  1. (abbreviation, titular) Abbreviation of archbishop.

Forms of abp.

pluralabps.

Questions about abp.

What is abp. the abbreviation of?
Abp. is the abbreviation of archbishop.
What part of speech is abp.?
Abp. is a noun.
What is the plural of abp.?
The plural of abp. is abps..

Words near abp. in the dictionary

  1. Aboyne
  2. Aboyne dress
  3. abozzi
  4. abozzo
  5. abp
  6. abp.
  7. ABPA
  8. ABPC
  9. ABPI
  10. Abplanalp
  11. Abplanalps

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