archbishop
NounUS[ahrch-bish-uhp]/ˈɑrtʃˈbɪʃəp/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a bishop of highest rankType of bishopKinds metropolitanExamples Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Becket
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Arch′bish′op (…), noun
Origin: AS. arcebisceop, arcebiscop, L. archiepiscopus, fr. Gr. ἀρχιεπίσκοπος. See Bishop.
A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
The Devil's Dictionary
ARCHBISHOP, n. An ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop.
If I were a jolly archbishop, On Fridays I'd eat all the fish up -- Salmon and flounders and smelts; On other days everything else. Jodo Rem