Main Entry: arch·bish·op

Pronunciation: \(ˌ)ärch-ˈbi-shəp\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English arcebiscop, from Late Latin archiepiscopus, from Late Greek archiepiskopos, from archi- + episkopos bishop — more at bishop

Date: before 12th century

: a bishop at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent honorary rank