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archbishop
[ ahrch-bish-uhp ]
noun
- a bishop of the highest rank who presides over an archbishopric or archdiocese.
archbishop
/ ˈɑːtʃˈbɪʃəp /
noun
- a bishop of the highest rank AbbreviationabpAbpArchArchbp
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Word History and Origins
Origin of archbishop1
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Example Sentences
This is why there will not be much hand-wringing over the Archbishop of Canterbury confessing to doubting the existence of God.
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, says there are moments he thinks, “Is there a God?”
When I was covering the wars in Central America, all of us knew that the archbishop would be killed.
You see,” said the archbishop, “in Gaza there is also life, not only death.
She sought out the Archbishop of Canterbury to talk about death.
The archbishop of Manila sends to the king (July 30, 1621) an account of ecclesiastical and some other affairs in his diocese.
William King, archbishop of Dublin, died; author of a celebrated treatise on the origin of evil.
Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury, made lord chancellor in consideration of his services in crowning king John.
The King had his young daughter very magnificently christened by Archbishop Cranmer.
The Archbishop of York postponed misfortune by being too late with measures of resistance.
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