ARCHBISHOP

archbishop.Eccles.  law.  A  church  officer  who  has  authority  over  all  ecclesiastical  matters

within a province. • Within the Church  of England, the  Archbishop  of Canterbury is superior in

rank to but does not control the Archbishop of York, who has supreme authority in the province of

York. Both are appointed for life by England’s monarch (as head of the Church of England), on the

advice of the Prime Minister, and are members of the House of Lords. [Blacks Law 8th]