Hypertext Webster Gateway: "archbishop"
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) 1.7 (wn)
archbishop
n : a bishop of highest rank
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