archiepiscopal
/ˌɑːkɪɪˈpɪskəp(ə)l
/adjective
Relating to an archbishop.Then there is his decision not to live in the archiepiscopal residence but in the simpler rectory near the cathedral....
- Younger auxiliary bishops are being appointed directly to archiepiscopal sees.
- And the Church, meanwhile, divided up the kingdom in its own way, into 18 archiepiscopal provinces and 136 dioceses.
Derivatives
archiepiscopacy
- He founded the archiepiscopacy of Esztergom.
- Shkodra was the seat of the Catholic archiepiscopacy and had a number of religious schools.
- Yet, Oblate status within the Baltimore religious community improved significantly with the succession of Francis Patrick Kenrick to the archiepiscopacy of Baltimore in 1851.
archiepiscopate
/ /ˌɑːkɪɪˈpɪskəpeɪt / noun ...- His archiepiscopate was filled with quarrels with his cathedral clergy and, from 1207, with King John.
- The most notable visual effect of Laud's archiepiscopate was the removal of the communion tables from the body of the church to the east end, where they were placed on a dais and railed off.
- Nothelm consecrated three bishops during his archiepiscopate and agreed to the division of the Mercian diocese.
Origin
Early 17th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek arkhiepiskopos 'archbishop' (from arkhi- 'chief' + episkopos 'bishop') + -al.