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archbishop

arch.bish.op \(')a:rch-'bish-*p\ \-*-(.)prik\ n [ME, fr. OE arcebiscop, fr. 
   LL archiepiscopus, fr. LGk archiepis]kopos, fr. archi- + episkopos bishop : 
   a bishop at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent  
   honorary rank - arch.bish.op.ric n