Dictionary

archbishop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/ (UK, US)
• /ˈɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˌbɪʃəp/ (UK, US) less often
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Etymology

From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English arċebisċop (“archbishop”), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “to watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop.

Meanings

1. 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.)
   • He passed over several archbishops who would traditionally become cardinals to promote Gregory. He also moved Augustine Tolton, who died in 1897 after becoming the first African American priest, one step closer to sainthood. 2020 November 27, Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, “This archbishop has become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history”, in CNN:
   • One of those 19 candidates was Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, the archbishop of St. Louis from 2004 to 2008. 2025 April 21, Sam Clancy, Andrew Weil, “Former St. Louis archbishop Burke among 'popeable' candidates after Francis' death”, in KSDK:
   • Thereupon I declared that I was a heretic and a barbarian—“Je suis hérétique et barbare,” I said, “and that these archbishops and cardinals and monsignors, and the rest of them, meant nothing at all to me. 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler:
2. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.

Forms

Deriveds

archbishopess · archbishophood

Relateds

bishopric · prelate · archbishopdom · bishop · primate · archdiocese · Grace · archepiscopal · archbishopric · archbishopship · episcopal · diocese · Excellency

Translations (129)

ro mitropolit (senior bishop) · ja 大主教 (senior bishop) · ca arquebisbe (senior bishop) · jv uskup agung (senior bishop) · frm archevesque (senior bishop) · sw askofu mkuu (senior bishop) · af aartsbiskop (senior bishop) · ky архиепископ (senior bishop) · nb erkebisp (senior bishop) · ms ketua biskop (senior bishop) · sq kryepeshkop (senior bishop) · sah архиепископ (senior bishop) · sdc atzibèscamu (senior bishop) · ilo arsobispo (senior bishop) · ja 大司教 (senior bishop) · he אַרְכִיבִּישׁוֹף (senior bishop) · pms arsivësco (senior bishop) · enm erchebischop (senior bishop) · hsb arcybiskop (senior bishop) · la archiepiscopus (senior bishop) · it arcivescovo (senior bishop) · lb Äerzbëschof (senior bishop) · eo ĉefepiskopo (senior bishop) · sc archibíscamu (senior bishop) · es arzobispo (senior bishop) · rm archuvestg (senior bishop) · pon arkipisop (senior bishop) · li aersbisjóp (senior bishop) · la archepiscopus (senior bishop) · fro archevesque (senior bishop) · fr archevêque (senior bishop) · pl arcybiskup (senior bishop) · br arc’heskob (senior bishop) · ast arzobispu (senior bishop) · io arkiepiskopo (senior bishop) · th อาร์ชบิชอป (senior bishop) · gl arcebispo (senior bishop) · da ærkebiskop (senior bishop) · enm erchevesque (senior bishop) · ang ærcebiscop (senior bishop) · oc arquebisbe (senior bishop) · hil arsobispo (senior bishop) · ko 대주교 (senior bishop) · pt arcebispo (senior bishop) · cy archesgob (senior bishop) · szl arcybiskup (senior bishop) · ar أَرْشِي اِبِسْقُوبُس (senior bishop) · is erkibiskup (senior bishop) · nrf archêvêque (senior bishop) · th อัครสังฆราช (senior bishop) · bg архиепи́скоп (senior bishop) · fo erkabiskupur (senior bishop) · fi arkkipiispa (senior bishop) · ro arhiepiscop (senior bishop) · gmw-cfr ärzbischoff (senior bishop) · csb arcëbiskùp (senior bishop) · ia archiepiscopo (senior bishop) · fur arcivescul (senior bishop) · be архіяпі́скап (senior bishop) · vi tổng giám mục (senior bishop) · bar Erzbischof (senior bishop) · rm arziuestg (senior bishop) · th อัครมุขนายก (senior bishop) · ru архиепи́скоп (senior bishop) · tl arsobispo (senior bishop) · grc ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (senior bishop) · ka არქიეპისკოპოსი (senior bishop) · war arsobispo (senior bishop) · mt arċisqof (senior bishop) · de Erzbischof (senior bishop) · nn erkebisp (senior bishop) · gd àrd-easbaig (senior bishop) · kl biskorpiuneq (senior bishop) · yi אַרציביסקופּ (senior bishop) · mk архиеписко́п (senior bishop) · rm archovais-ch (senior bishop) · et peapiiskop (senior bishop) · nn erkebiskop (senior bishop) · hsb arcybiskup (senior bishop) · ba архиепископ (senior bishop) · hy արքեպիսկոպոս (senior bishop) · kk архиепископ (senior bishop) · lt arkivyskupas (senior bishop) · eu artzapezpiku (senior bishop) · cs arcibiskup (senior bishop) · sv ärkebiskop (senior bishop) · sh архиепископ (senior bishop) · mi pīhopa matua (senior bishop) · nl aartsbisschop (senior bishop) · mi ākipīhopa (senior bishop) · cmn 大主教 (senior bishop) · sdn alcièscamu (senior bishop) · hu érsek (senior bishop) · gv ard-aspick (senior bishop) · tg архиепископ (senior bishop) · uz архиепископ (senior bishop) · hak 大主教 (senior bishop) · la archipraesul (senior bishop) · tr başpiskopos (senior bishop) · az arxiyepiskop (senior bishop) · sh arhiepiskop (senior bishop) · ka მთავარეპისკოპოსი (senior bishop) · tk arhiýepiskop (senior bishop) · nan-hbl 大主教 (senior bishop) · id uskup agung (senior bishop) · da ærkebisp (senior bishop) · rm arzuestg (senior bishop) · ceb arsobispo (senior bishop) · yue 大主教 (senior bishop) · kn ಆರ್ಚ್ ಬಿಷಪ್ (senior bishop) · sk arcibiskup (senior bishop) · lv arhibīskaps (senior bishop) · mg arseveka (senior bishop) · sl nadškof (senior bishop) · ml മെത്രാപ്പോലീത്ത (senior bishop) · mk на́дбискуп (senior bishop) · uk архієпи́скоп (senior bishop) · fy aartsbiskop (senior bishop) · nb erkebiskop (senior bishop) · pap arsobispu (senior bishop) · ga ardeaspag (senior bishop) · bcl arsobispo (senior bishop) · sc arciobispu (senior bishop) · rm archuvas-ch (senior bishop) · uz arxiyepiskop (senior bishop) · ta பேராயர் (senior bishop) · be арцыбі́скуп (senior bishop) · dsb arcybiskup (senior bishop) · el αρχιεπίσκοπος (senior bishop)