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A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit. The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him. Fuller. What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25. To ad…

The diocese of an archbishop.

pl. of Arch, n. Court of arches, or Arches Court (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. M…

That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.

Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.

The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller.

The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops. Pinkerton.

An archbishop or other chief prelate.

Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. -- In general (or open) audience, publicly. -- To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.

A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

y. If the bishop neglets to collate within six months, the right to do it devolves on the archbishop. Encyc. Brit.

One who carries the cross before an archbishop. [Obs.]

The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.

A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

g a constitution. [U.S.] Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is the immediate court of appeal in such cases. [Eng.]

er some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. Woodward. And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller.

he highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.