archbishop

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n. 大主教

发音

UK /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/
US /ˌɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˈbɪʃəp/
UK /ˈɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˌbɪʃəp/
US /ˈɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃˌbɪʃəp/

词形变化

archbishops 复数 archbishops

别名

Abp Abp. archbp Archbp abp.

教材释义与例句

名词

大主教;总教主

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.)

    大主教

  2. 2.

    A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.

    游戏

词汇关系

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词源

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.

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