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Archbishop synonyms
ärch-bĭsh'əp
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prelate
A high-ranking member of the clergy, especially a bishop.
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  1. A high-ranking member of the clergy, especially a bishop.
  2. A high-ranking ecclesiastic, as a bishop
head of an ecclesiastical province
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    primate
    Any of various mammals of the order Primates, which consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain.
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    1. Any of various mammals of the order Primates, which consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain.
    2. A bishop of highest rank in a province or country.
    3. An archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop in a province, etc.
    Find another word for archbishop. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for archbishop, like: chief bishop, prelate, head of an ecclesiastical province, church dignitary, primate, high-churchman, minister and priest.

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    • No one could have attained or kept the position of archbishop at the time without being so.

    • With the archbishop of Canterbury he received Henry VI.

    • Since the 5th century it has been the seat of an archbishop, who has now fifteen suffragans.

    • and then of Henry I., who secured his election as archbishop of York in August 1114.

    • In 1856 he was translated to the see of Durham, and in 1860 he became archbishop of York.

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