archbishop

Betekenis (Engels)

A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

Sinonieme

primate

high priest

hierarch

metropolitan

prelate

chief bishop

archpriest

ornate angel shark

bishop

Vertalings

archevêque

Erzbischof

arcivescovo

arzobispo

αρχιεπίσκοπος

aartsbisschop

archiepiscopus

arquebisbe

arcebispo

metropoliet

archepiscopus

başpiskopos

presule

μητροπολίτης

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: erchebischop

Geërf van Old English: arċebisċop

In summary

From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English arċebisċop (“archbishop”), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “to watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop.

Sinne

Archbishop Daniel A . Cronin of Hartford delivered the homily .