archbishop

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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.

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Archbishop Romero of El Salvador was a member of the Salvadoran aristocracy. He could not have risen to the top of the church hierarchy otherwise. But after he began voicing critical remarks about the war and concerned comments about the poor, he was assassinated. Michael Parenti

I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sydney Smith

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ. H. L. Mencken

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians. Harold Macmillan

It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me. Anthony Burgess

Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time. Anthony Holden

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