1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. dpxieirtcrKOTros) , in the Christian Church, the title of a bishop of superior rank, implying usually jurisdiction over other bishops, but no superiority of order over them. The functions of the archbishop, as at present exercised, developed out of those of the metropolitan (?.».); though the title of archbishop, when it first appeared, implied no metropolitan jurisdiction. Nor are the terms interchangeable now; for not all metropolitans are archbishops,1 nor all archbishop…
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