# archbishop

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/ · frequency rank #9,282

## Definitions
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.)
2. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.

## 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, “to watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to examine”), equivalent to arch- + bishop.

## Common misspellings (16)
`acrhbishop`, `arcbhishop`, `arcchbishop`, `archbbishop`, `archbihsop`, `archbishhop`, `archbishopp`, `archbishpo`, `archbisohp`, `archbisshop`, `archbsihop`, `archhbishop`, `archibshop`, `arhcbishop`, `arrchbishop`, `rachbishop`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/archbishop