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# archbishop

«archbishop» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very senior bishop who is in charge of the bishops and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an archbishop, archbishops)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) An archbishop is a very senior bishop who is in charge of the bishops and churches in a large area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#m1)

2) (church, UK) The Archbishop of Canterbury is the leading bishop of the Church of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education and history lessons archbishops appear as leaders in the Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox churches; they wear special robes and a tall hat called a mitre. The Archbishop of Canterbury crowns British kings and queens. Phrases: «the Archbishop of Canterbury», «the Archbishop of Dublin», «an archbishop's palace».

### examples

- The Archbishop of Canterbury crowned the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#x1)
- An archbishop leads the bishops of a large area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#x2)
- The archbishop visited our cathedral at Easter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#x3)
- Thomas Becket was an archbishop killed in his cathedral long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#x4)
- The archbishop wore a tall hat called a mitre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#x5)
- Our school choir sang for the archbishop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#x6)
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu worked for fairness in South Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#x7)
- Eliza went, and the king and the archbishop followed her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/#x8)

### note

Countable: archbishops. Capital A before a name or place: «Archbishop of York». «Arch-» means chief, as in archangel, archenemy. Order in many churches: priest, bishop, archbishop.

### In the corpora

- [The Church of England is led by bishops, with the Archbishop of Canterbury as senior bishop and the King as Supreme Governor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «archbishop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archbishop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.