Meanings
plural archbishopesses
- rareThe wife of an archbishop.
1 more example
And when the Archbishop then at Edinburgh had heard that the man in chains had been treated more kindly that usual by his wife, which, however, she only used to do when, according to her custom, she had been indulging very freely in certain potations (such a sober lot are Archbishopesses among heretics), he sent for her, and desired that the martyr should even be deprived of this kindness.
1877, Charles J. Karslake, An authentic account of the imprisonment and martyrdom of John Ogilvie - rareA female archbishop.
Origin
Translations
Catalan arquebisbessa
- arquebisbessawife of an archbishop
Esperanto ĉefepiskopino
- ĉefepiskopinowife of an archbishop
French archevêchesse
- archevêchessewife of an archbishop
German Erzbischöfin
- Erzbischöfinwife of an archbishop
Italian arcivescovessa
- arcivescovessawife of an archbishop
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