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Archbishop : (noun)
1: a bishop of highest rank
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Archbishop : \Arch`bish"op\, n. [AS. arcebisceop, arcebiscop, L.
archiepiscopus, fr. Gr. 'archiepi`skopos. See Bishop.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ARCHBISHOP, eccl. law. The chief of the clergy of a whole province. He has
the, inspection of the bishops of that province, as well as of the inferior
clergy, and may deprive them on notorious cause. TheArchbishop : has also his
own diocese, in which he exercises, episcopal jurisdiction, as in his
province he exercises archiepiscopal authority. 1 Bl. Com. 380; L. Raym.
541; Code, 1, 2.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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