archbishop
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From Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος, from ἀρχι- (archi-) "first" or "chief" + ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos), "overseer", from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopeō), "I watch over", < ἐπί (epi), "over", + σκοπέω (skopeō), "I examine".
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archbishop (plural archbishops)
- In the Roman Catholic Church and other churches, a senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province.
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senior bishop
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