archbishop - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • consecrate: In 831 he was consecrated archbishop of Hamburg with oversight of the people of Scandinavia.
  • appoint: He was appointed Archbishop of Cardiff on 29 March 1983.
  • elect: The Electoral College of the Church in Wales will be meeting on 7th December 1999 to elect a new Archbishop of Wales.
  • become: A monk at a monastery near Lyons in France who became Archbishop there.
  • choose: The monks at Canterbury have chosen a new archbishop although in the past the king has claimed the right to choose the Archbishop.
  • ask: Jesmond Parish Church has asked the Archbishop of York for an alternative.

Converse of subject

  • give: The summary of this Anglican position was given by a former Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher.
  • lead: The streets were all decorated by them and a huge procession wended its way to the convent, led by the Archbishop himself.

Adjective modifier

  • 104th: Rowan Williams legally became 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in a medieval ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in early December.
  • former: The former Archbishop of Cape Town came to the UK with his wife Leah in the 1960s to study theology at King's.
  • Catholic: From 1803 it was the residence of John Milner who was the Catholic Archbishop of the Midland District.
  • Protestant: He was made the first Protestant archbishop by King Henry VIII, and helped him to divorce several of his wives.
  • successive: In 1878 he was given the Dublin Review, which remained in the possession of successive archbishops of Westminster for nearly a century.
  • Latin: Shortly after the coronation the great cathedral of St. Sophia at Nicosia was formally consecrated by the Latin archbishop, Jean del Conte.

Modifies a noun

  • call: Read the York Minster press release: Archbishop Calls for Fast Action on Middle East.
  • worlock: Archbishop Worlock died on the morning of 8 February 1996.

Modifying Another Word

  • then: He also approached the then Archbishop of Cape Coast, Archbishop Thomas William Porter.

Possessives

  • palace: Boat passing the Archbishop's Palace at Bishopsthorpe on the River Ouse.
  • letter: The archbishops ' open letter is as bland and opaque as milk.
  • court: There was a right of appeal to the archbishop's court.

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