archbishop

Meanings

Noun

a bishop of highest rank
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English arċebisċop (“archbishop”), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “I watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop.

Scrabble Score: 22

archbishop is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
archbishop is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
archbishop is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

archbishop is a valid Words With Friends word