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archepiscopal

archepiscopal adjective: of or pertaining to an archbishop or an archbishopric.

Adjective

archepiscopal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to an archbishop or an archbishopric.
    • A deep snow was falling; and the wind which drove it heavily against the casements of the archepiscopal palace was roaring in the wide chimney,[…].1847, Julia Perdoe, Louis the Fourteenth: And the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century, volume 3, page 167
    • Important pieces of evidence point to the intensified activities of the archepiscopal curia's criminal forum.1996, Michele Mancino, “5: Ecclesiastical Justice and the Counter-Reformation: Notes on the Diocesan Criminal Court of Naples”, in Eric Arthur Johnson, Eric H. Monkkonen, editors, The Civilization of...
    Synonyms:
    diocesan

Synonyms of archepiscopal

Forms of archepiscopal

alternative formarchiepiscopal

Origin of archepiscopal

See archiepiscopal.

Questions about archepiscopal

What does archepiscopal mean?
Archepiscopal means of or pertaining to an archbishop or an archbishopric.
What part of speech is archepiscopal?
Archepiscopal is an adjective.

Words near archepiscopal in the dictionary

  1. archeparchates
  2. archeparchial
  3. archeparchies
  4. archeparchs
  5. archeparchy
  6. archepiscopal
  7. archepiscopally
  8. archer
  9. Archer City
  10. Archer County
  11. archer's paradox

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