archbish

See also: archbish.

English

Etymology

Clipping of archbishop. By surface analysis, arch- +‎ bish (“a bishop”).

Noun

archbish (plural archbishes)

1. (colloquial) An archbishop.
   • 1751, Ben Johnson, Ben Johnson's Jests:

     In a Diſh came Fiſh From the Arch Biſh

   • 2016 June 9, Melanie McDonagh, “Melanie McDonagh: Why broadcasters shy away from the big questions of religion”, in Evening Standard‎^[1], London: Evening Standard Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-06-10:

     I asked the archbish if there's a connection between the flight from Christianity and the way it's depicted perpetually in terms of gay marriage and women bishops. Of course, he said, "it seems completely irrelevant".