Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bishop of the highest rank, heading an archdiocese or province.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A title used in the Christian church as early as the fourth century, and regularly given in that and the next four centuries to the bishops of the highest rank, afterward known as patriarchs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In the
Roman Catholic Church and other churches, a seniorbishop who is in charge of anarchdiocese , and presides over a group ofdioceses called aprovince .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bishop of highest rank
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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[_Endorsed_: "In order that the decrees above inserted, ordering that the missionaries of the Filipinas Islands have no prisons or jails; that they may not condemn, except those who have commission from the archbishop; and that they appoint no other fiscals than those whom he shall assign them; notwithstanding the decrees that were given ordering no innovation in the former practice, be followed in the appointment of the said fiscals."] _Letter to the archbishop_
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Johannesburg's Catholic community will soon h! ave their first black bishop who will have the title archbishop, Father Stan
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At the start of a Mass, Turin archbishop Cardinal Severino Poletto welcomed Benedict to join those who have silently prayed before the sepia-toned cloth, "this sacred linen that speaks in an impressive way of the Passion of Christ."
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But the archbishop is perhaps the most powerful member of a global alliance of conservative bishops and theologians, generously supported by foundations and individual donors in the United States, who seek to dominate the Anglican Communion and expel those who oppose them, particularly the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada.
Civil Rights 2010
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A bitter, rabid weasel of a man who thought that possessing the title of archbishop somehow made him immune to the laws of God and men, and a twerpy, unscrupulous banker who had more ambition than sense.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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The archbishop is keeping a sharp eye on what you actually say.
Specific Gravity 2007
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The archbishop is keeping a sharp eye on what you actually say.
Specific Gravity 2007
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But the archbishop is perhaps the most powerful member of a global alliance of conservative bishops and theologians, generously supported by foundations and individual donors in the United States, who seek to dominate the Anglican Communion and expel those who oppose them, particularly the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada.
February 2006 2006
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I will not stop to inquire whether our guest may or may not have looked backward, through rather too long a period for us, to some remote and distant time when he might possibly bear some far-off likeness to a certain Spanish archbishop whom Gil Blas once served.
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The former archbishop is now chief guardian of Catholic doctrine worldwide.
August 2005 2005
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