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archiepiscopal

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ar⋅chi⋅e⋅pis⋅co⋅pal

  [ahr-kee-i-pis-kuh-puhl]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to an archbishop or to the office of an archbishop.
Origin:
1605–15; < ML archiepiscopālis, equiv. to LL archiepiscop(us) archbishop + L -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
ar⋅chi⋅e⋅pis⋅co⋅pal⋅⋅ty, noun
ar⋅chi⋅e⋅pis⋅co⋅pal⋅ly, adverb
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ar·chi·e·pis·co·pal   (är'kē-ĭ-pĭs'kə-pəl)   
adj.  Of or having to do with an archbishop or an archbishopric.

[Medieval Latin archiepiscopālis, from Late Latin archiepiscopus, archbishop; see archbishop.]
ar'chi·e·pis'co·pal'i·ty (-pāl'ĭ-tē) n., ar'chi·e·pis'co·pal·ly adv., ar'chi·e·pis'co·pate n.
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