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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “I watch over”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “over”), + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”).
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Noun
archiepiscopus m (genitive archiepiscopī); second declension (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)
- (Christianity) archbishop; a bishop who heads or presides over a group of dioceses called a province.
- Synonym: (medieval) archipraesul
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Second-declension noun.
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