The chief bishop; the highest dignitary in an episcopal church, superintending the bishops of his province; a metropolitan.
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| 释义 | society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > archbishop > [noun] (33) archbishopc885 The chief bishop; the highest dignitary in an episcopal church, superintending the bishops of his province; a metropolitan. erchevesque?a1400 = archbishop, n. father1418 Ecclesiastical and religious uses. In formal designations for a bishop, as Reverend Father, Right Reverend Father (in God), †worshipful father (in… arch-flamena1530 A chief flamen or priest; an archbishop. archbish1560 = archbishop, n. hierarch1574 One who has rule or authority in holy things; an ecclesiastical ruler or potentate; a chief priest; a chief prelate, an archbishop. arch-prelate1597 Chief prelate; archbishop. grace1625 Chiefly with capital initial. spec. As the title given to a duke, duchess, or archbishop. (Now the only non-historical use.) Subcategories:— of Canterbury (2) — Orthodox (2) — petty (1) — collective (1) — office of (10) — see (6) — character of (1) — official at consecration of (1) — wife of (1) |
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