different between episcopal vs archbishop

English

Etymology

From Middle English episcopal, from Late Latin episcop?lis, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (epískopos, “watchman, overseer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?s.k?.pl?/

Adjective

episcopal (comparative more episcopal, superlative most episcopal)

1. Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.

Related terms

• episcopacy
• episcopalian
• Episcopalian
• episcopy

Translations

See also

• episcope (unrelated)

Anagrams

• coapplies

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin episcop?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.pis.ko?pal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.pis.ku?pal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.pis.ko?pal/

Adjective

episcopal (masculine and feminine plural episcopals)

1. episcopal

Further reading

• “episcopal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “episcopal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “episcopal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “episcopal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin episcop?lis

Adjective

episcopal m or f (plural episcopais, comparable)

1. (ecclesiastical) episcopal (relating to bishops)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épiscopal and Latin episcop?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e.pis.ko?pal/

Adjective

episcopal m or n (feminine singular episcopal?, masculine plural episcopali, feminine and neuter plural episcopale)

1. episcopal

Declension

Related terms

• arhiepiscop
• episcop
• episcopie

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin episcop?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /episko?pal/, [e.pis.ko?pal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: e?pis?co?pal

Adjective

episcopal (plural episcopales)

1. episcopal

Derived terms

• arquiepiscopal

Further reading

• “episcopal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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