Archbishopess

/ɑrkˈbɪʃəpɪs/ noun

The wife of an archbishop, or rarely, a female archbishop.

From archbishop + -ess (the feminine suffix used in English to denote female versions of titles). The term emerged in medieval times to reference the wives of high-ranking clerics, though the female -ess ending made it awkward since the Church generally didn't permit female archbishops.

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