archiepiscopus

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Etymology

Borrowed 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)

  1. (Christianity) archbishop; a bishop who heads or presides over a group of dioceses called a province.
    Synonym: (medieval) archipraesul

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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