archbishop
Mane (English)
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.)
Synonyms
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/
Etîmolojî (English)
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, “I watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop.
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