as in bishop
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of archbishop
The Stone of Twelve Angles is located in a wall that once made up the Inca Roca palace, but now houses the archbishop’s palace and an art museum, Agence France-Presse reports.
—
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Religious sisters join them, wearing a variety of habits that signal their order, as well as bishops and archbishops.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Special prayer services are being conducted around the world, including Argentina, where the pope was born and served as an archbishop before his ascension to the papacy.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Also this week, while in the hospital, Francis has amended the Vatican's form of government, promoting two archbishops to new positions, and made contact with the parish priest in Gaza.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for archbishop
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Religious sisters join them, wearing a variety of habits that signal their order, as well as bishops and archbishops.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Special prayer services are being conducted around the world, including Argentina, where the pope was born and served as an archbishop before his ascension to the papacy.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Also this week, while in the hospital, Francis has amended the Vatican's form of government, promoting two archbishops to new positions, and made contact with the parish priest in Gaza.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for archbishop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archbishop
Noun
-
On a recent day, village elders, the province's Roman Catholic bishop and political figures filled the benches of a reception hall, waiting to meet with the man who will likely chart the future of Syrian Druze.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
-
Pope Francis has named an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore the next bishop, or top official, of the Diocese of Providence, a 153-year-old ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church.—
Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
This is the pope's latest public appearance during Holy Week.—
Phoebe Natanson,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2025
-
The Vatican has said the pope’s condition is slowly improving.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
-
When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
The prelate suggested that any rush toward legalizing civil divorce could undermine Filipino families – the foundational aspect of society, according to the country’s constitution.—
Mark Saludes,
The Christian Science Monitor,
9 Oct. 2024
-
The life of the court and contemplative life were two models in which the leisure of the lord, the prelate, and the warrior could function.—
Walter Benjamin,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
The diocesan website includes a statement from Dallas Bishop Edward Burns connecting the need for social distancing with the story of the Good Samaritan.—
David Tarrant,
Dallas News,
6 Apr. 2020
-
In the Catholic Church, this is generally a time of the year when dioceses ask their members to donate to annual bishops’ Lenten appeals, which fund diocesan operations.—
Nicholas Rowan,
Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2020
Noun
-
Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
-
But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.—
Fr. Goran Jovicic,
National Review,
13 June 2021
-
The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.—
Allie Gross,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Aug. 2017
Cite this Entry
“Archbishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archbishop. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share