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語源

From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from 古期英語 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.

発音

• (米国発音, 英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/, (less often) /ˈɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˌbɪʃəp/

名詞

archbishop (複数形 archbishops, feminine archbishopess)

1. 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.)

関連する語

• archbishopdom
• archbishopric
• archbishopship
• archepiscopal
• bishop
• bishopric
• episcopal

参考

• archdiocese
• diocese
• Excellency
• Grace
• prelate
• primate