different between archepiscopal vs archbishop

English

Etymology

See archiepiscopal.

Alternative forms

• archiepiscopal

Adjective

archepiscopal (not comparable)

1. (ecclesiastical) Of or pertaining to an archbishop or an archbishopric.
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     Important pieces of evidence point to the intensified activities of the archepiscopal curia's criminal forum.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to an archbishopric): diocesan

Related terms

• archiepiscopate

Translations

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