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Latin
Etymology
archi- (“arch-”) + ēlēctus (“elect”)
Noun
archiēlēctus m (genitive archiēlēctī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) archbishop-elect (i.e. before formal consecration)
a. 1268, Thomas of Split, Historia Salonitanorum atque Spalatinorum Pontificum [History of the Bishops of Salona and Split], published 2006, page 350:Et dominus Hugrinus archielectus cum magna familia equitum et clientum veniens archiepiscopale domicilium habitaturus intravit.- And lord Ugrinus the archbishop-elect arrived with a large household of riders and clients and installed himself in the archbishop's residence.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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