archbishop
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English archebischop, from Old English ærċebischop (“archbishop”), from Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepiskopos), from ἀρχι- (archi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopeō, “I watch over”), from ἐπί (epi, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopeō, “I examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop.
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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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