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archbishop
[ ahrch-bish-uhp ]
noun
- a bishop of the highest rank who presides over an archbishopric or archdiocese.
archbishop
/ ˈɑːtʃˈbɪʃəp /
noun
- a bishop of the highest rank AbbreviationabpAbpArchArchbp
Word History and Origins
Origin of archbishop1
Example Sentences
On her first day on campus, she encountered the bronze statue of Bishop John Carroll, the university’s founder who in the late 1700s became the first Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States.
Francis was the archbishop of Buenos Aires when then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner signed it into law in 2020.
Gregory, 73, became Washington’s archbishop in May 2019 after having served as the archbishop of Atlanta for 14 years and where he spoke out on several occasions in support of the LGBTQ community.
Many of the biggest names in medieval science were monks and friars, and some—such as Robert Grosseteste and Thomas Bradwardine—became bishops and even archbishops.
Gregory, 73, became Washington’s archbishop in May 2019 after having served as the archbishop of Atlanta for 14 years.
This is why there will not be much hand-wringing over the Archbishop of Canterbury confessing to doubting the existence of God.
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, says there are moments he thinks, “Is there a God?”
When I was covering the wars in Central America, all of us knew that the archbishop would be killed.
You see,” said the archbishop, “in Gaza there is also life, not only death.
She sought out the Archbishop of Canterbury to talk about death.
The archbishop of Manila sends to the king (July 30, 1621) an account of ecclesiastical and some other affairs in his diocese.
William King, archbishop of Dublin, died; author of a celebrated treatise on the origin of evil.
Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury, made lord chancellor in consideration of his services in crowning king John.
The King had his young daughter very magnificently christened by Archbishop Cranmer.
The Archbishop of York postponed misfortune by being too late with measures of resistance.
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