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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Archbishop \Arch`bish"op\, n. [AS. arcebisceop arcebiscop L. archiepiscopus fr Gr 'archiepi`skopos. See {Bishop}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: archbishop n : a bishop of highest rank From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ARCHBISHOP, n. An ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop. If I were a jolly archbishop, On Fridays I'd eat all the fish up -- Salmon and flounders and smelts; On other days everything else. Jodo Rem
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