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| a bishop of the highest rank who presides over an archbishopric or archdiocese. |
| arch·bish·op (ärch-bĭsh'əp) n. Abbr. Abp. A bishop of the highest rank, heading an archdiocese or province. [Middle English archebishop, from Old English arcebisceop, from Late Latin archiepiscopus, from Late Greek arkhiepiskopos : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Greek episkopos, bishop; see bishop.] |