ARCHBISHOP

archbishop

(noun) a bishop of highest rank

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

archbishop

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.)

Source: Wiktionary

Arch`bish"op, n. Etym: [AS. arcebisceop, arcebiscop, L. archiepiscopus, fr. Gr. Bishop.]

Definition: A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition