archbishop
UK/ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/
archbishop noun: 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.).
Noun
archbishop (plural archbishops)
- 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
- He passed over several archbishops who would traditionally become cardinals to promote Gregory. He also moved Augustine Tolton, who died in 1897 after becoming the first African American priest, one step closer to sainthood.2020 November 27, Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, “This archbishop has become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history”, in CNN
- A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.
archbishop meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
archbishop in Hindi
- आर्कबिशप, आर्चबिशप, आर्चीबिशप
archbishop in Tamil
- senior bishop
- பேராயர் pērāyar
archbishop in Marathi
- आर्चबिशप, आर्कबिशप
archbishop in Urdu
- اسقف اعظم, بڑا پادری
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- archbishop in Bengali
- আর্চবিশপ, আর্কবিশপ
- archbishop in Telugu
- ఆర్చ్ బిషప్, ఆర్చ్బిషప్
- archbishop in Malayalam
- മെത്രാപ്പോലീത്ത metrāppōlītta
- archbishop in Kannada
- ಆರ್ಚ್ ಬಿಷಪ್ ārc biṣap
- archbishop in Punjabi
- ਆਰਚਬਿਸ਼ਪ, ਆਰਚਬੀਸ਼ਪ, ਆਰਚ ਬਿਸ਼ਪ
- archbishop in Gujarati
- આર્કબિશપ, આર્ચબિશપ, આર્ક બિશપ
- archbishop in Odia
- ଆର୍କବିଶପ୍, ଆର୍ଚବିଶପ୍, ଆର୍ଚ୍ ବିଶପ୍
- archbishop in Nepali
- आर्कबिशप, आर्चबिशप
- archbishop in Tagalog
- arsobispo
- archbishop in Arabic
- أَرْشِي اِبِسْقُوبُس ʔaršī ibisqūbus
- archbishop in Malay
- ketua biskop
- archbishop in Indonesian
- uskup agung
- archbishop in Thai
- อาร์ชบิชอป, อัครสังฆราช, อัครมุขนายก
- archbishop in Vietnamese
- tổng giám mục
Examples of archbishop in a sentence
- The bishop came to enthrone the new archbishop.
- Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.
- The king ordered his vassals to join him on the crusade unless they had a written note signed by the archbishop or pope.
Forms of archbishop
| plural | archbishops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | abp. |
| alternative form | Abp. |
Origin of archbishop
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.
Words formed from archbishop
Phrases with archbishop
Questions about archbishop
- What does archbishop mean?
- Archbishop means 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.).
- What is archbishop in Hindi?
- Archbishop in Hindi is आर्कबिशप, आर्चबिशप, आर्चीबिशप. See Archbishop meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is archbishop?
- Archbishop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce archbishop?
- Archbishop is pronounced /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of archbishop?
- The plural of archbishop is archbishops.
Words near archbishop in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: archbishop (page history and authors); archbishop (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archbishop (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archbishop (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); archbishop (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archbishop (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archbishop (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archbishop (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archbishop (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); archbishop (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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