n. A bishop of the highest rank, heading an archdiocese or province. [Middle English archebishop, from Old English arcebisceop, from Late Latin archiepiscopus, from Late Greek arkhiepiskopos : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Greek episkopos, bishop; see BISHOP.] |
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