archbishop

English

/ɑː(ɹ)tʃ.bɪʃ.əp/, /ɑɹtʃ.bɪʃ.əp/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English erchebischop inherited from Old English ærċebisċop (archbishop) derived from Latin archiepiscopus (archbishop) derived from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος, ἐπίσκοπος (overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer), ἐπί (upon, on, on top of, over, at, for, atop, to, epi-, by, early, towards) + Ancient Greek σκοπέω (examine, look at, I look, look to into, inspect, consider, I look at, watch, look for, see, look, contemplate, view, I examine)pre from English bishop.

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