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archdiocese

English

Etymology

arch- (chief, main) +? diocese

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /???t??da?.?.s?s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /???t??da??s?s/

Noun

archdiocese (plural archdioceses)

  1. (Christianity) In Christian denominations, the area administered by an archbishop.

Related terms

  • archbishop
  • archdiocesan
  • diocese

Translations

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archbishop

English

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviations): abp., Abp.

Etymology

From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English ær?ebis?op (archbishop), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (arkhiepískopos), from ????- (arkhi-, first, chief) +? ????????? (epískopos, overseer), from ????????? (episkopé?, I watch over), from ??? (epí, over) +? ?????? (skopé?, I examine), equivalent to arch- +? bishop.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??(?)t?.b??.?p/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??t?.b??.?p/

Noun

archbishop (plural archbishops, feminine archbishopess)

  1. 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.)

Related terms

  • archbishopdom
  • archbishopric
  • archbishopship
  • archepiscopal
  • bishop
  • bishopric
  • episcopal

Translations

See also

  • archdiocese
  • diocese
  • Excellency
  • Grace
  • prelate
  • primate

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