Plural of archbishop
regular plural
The plural of archbishop is archbishops.
Forms of archbishop
| Singular | archbishop /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | archbishops |
| Countable | countable |
Archbishops in a sentence
- He passed over several archbishops who would traditionally become cardinals to promote Gregory.2020 November 27, Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, “This archbishop has become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history”...
- In the not too distant past Salzburg had been an Archbishopdom ruled by her archbishops.1982, Josefa Nina Lieberman, He came to Cambridge, Beaumont. From the entry archbishopdom
- These electors were the king of Bohemia, the rulers of Saxony, Brandenburg, and the Palatinate, and the "spiritual electors"—the archbishops of Cologne, Trier, and Mainz.1961, Will Durant, Ariel Durant, “Imperial Armageddon: 1564–1648”, in The Age of Reason Begins: A History of European Civilization in the…. From the entry elector
- The letter was published to demonstrate that these American archbishops did not agree with Baltimore's Spalding who protested in a letter to Dupanloup that he was never an inopportunist.2004, Patrick W. Carey, Orestes A. Brownson: American Religious Weathervane, page 306. From the entry inopportunist
- And was it for this that the illustrious men of her family had been born — viceroys, archbishops and great captains who received titles and lorddoms from monarchs !1919, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, La Bodega: - Page 82. From the entry lorddom
Meaning of 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 A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.
Questions about the plural of archbishop
- What is the plural of archbishop?
- The plural of archbishop is archbishops.
- Is archbishop countable?
- Archbishop is a countable noun.
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