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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Archbishop \Arch'bish"op\, noun [AS. arcebisceop, arcebiscop, L. archiepiscopus, fr. Gr. 'archiepi'skopos. See {Bishop}.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
archbishop
noun: a bishop of highest rank
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "archbishop": Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, antipope, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutor, curate, dean, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, hierarch, high priest, metropolitan, papa, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, pope, prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, rural dean, subdean, suffragan, vicar
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ARCHBISHOP, noun An ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop.
If I were a jolly archbishop, On Fridays I'd eat all the fish up -- Salmon and flounders and smelts; On other days everything else. Jodo Rem
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