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archbishopesses

archbishopesses is the plural of archbishopess.

Meaning of archbishopess

Noun

archbishopess (plural archbishopesses)

  1. (rare) The wife of an archbishop.
    • And when the Archbishop then at Edinburgh had heard that the man in chains had been treated more kindly that usual by his wife, which, however, she only used to do when, according to her custom, she had been indulging very freely in certain potations (such a sober lot are Archbishopesses among...1877, Charles J. Karslake, An authentic account of the imprisonment and martyrdom of John Ogilvie
  2. (rare) A female archbishop.

Questions about archbishopesses

What is archbishopesses the plural of?
Archbishopesses is the plural of archbishopess.

Words near archbishopesses in the dictionary

  1. archbishop
  2. Archbishop of Banterbury
  3. archbishop's cross
  4. archbishopdom
  5. archbishopess
  6. archbishopesses
  7. archbishophood
  8. archbishopric
  9. archbishoprick
  10. archbishopricks
  11. archbishoprics

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