Archiepiscopal


of or relating to an or to the office of an .
Historical Examples

In the thirteenth century this quiet town of Roskilde was the capital, and the archiepiscopal see of Denmark.
Denmark M. Pearson Thomson

There is said to be a place so called in the archiepiscopal palace at Lambeth.
English and Scottish Ballads, Volume VII (of 8) Various

Having celebrated mass, he proceeded to the court dressed in his robes, and holding in his right hand the archiepiscopal cross.
Cassell’s History of England, Vol. I (of 9) Anonymous

He promoted letters in his archiepiscopal diocese of Cologne.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) Henry Osborn Taylor

As for Sens—you may dispatch—in a word—”Tis an archiepiscopal see.’
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Laurence Sterne

He succeeded his father in the archiepiscopal throne in 490.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume II (of 16): February Sabine Baring-Gould

It is in this chair, and not in the archiepiscopal throne in the choir, that the archbishops are still enthroned.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. Hartley Withers

It is the headquarters of an army corps, and an archiepiscopal see.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 Various

Arsacius occupied the church of St. Sophia, and the archiepiscopal throne.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon

Now it has reached that percentage of the respectable population which automatically puts the archiepiscopal apparatus in motion.
Impressions And Comments Havelock Ellis

adjective
of or associated with an archbishop

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