archiepiscopal
adjective
archiepiscopal is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to an archbishop or an archbishopric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-C-H-I-E-P-I-S-C-O-P-A-L, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does archiepiscopal mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to an archbishop or an archbishopric.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of archiepiscopal
- archepiscopal
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is archiepiscopal?
Archiepiscopal appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Archiepiscopal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to an archbishop or an archbishopric:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | archiépiscopal |
| German | erzbischöflich |
| Portuguese | arcebispal, arquiepiscopal |
| Spanish | arzobispal, arquiepiscopal |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does archiepiscopal come from?
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “bishop”); see also Latin archiepiscopālis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).