archiepiscopaladj.
/ˌɑːkɪᵻˈpɪskəpəl//ˌɑːkɪᵻˈpɪskəpəl/, U.S. /ˌɑrkiəˈpɪskəpəl/ Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, an archbishop.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > archbishop > [adjective]
archiepiscopal1611
archprelatic1647
Most Reverend1681
archprelatical1882
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. iii. 392/2 His Archiepiscopall & sacred calling.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxi. 594 He refused to fill the vacancy of the archiepiscopal throne.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xiii. 310 Either the young king or his successive archiepiscopal advisers.
Derivatives
archieˈpiscopalship n.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > archbishop > [noun] > office of
archbishopric994
archbishophoodc1449
palla1552
archbishopship1556
archiepiscopalship1606
Graceship1612
grace1631
archiepiscopacya1680
archiepiscopate1792
1606 T. Whetenhall Disc. Abuses 120 Cardinalship, Patriarkship, Archiepiscopalship, & briefly that whole Episcopall degree.
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