Archbishopric

//ɑːt͡ʃˈbɪʃəpɹɪk// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The rank or office of an archbishop.

    "Near-synonym: see"

  2. 2
    the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop wordnet
  3. 3
    The jurisdiction of an archbishop.

    "St. Salvadore in the Bahia los todos Santos, is an Archbishoprick and Seat of the Viceroy, the chief Port of Trade for Importation […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
abbacyaedileshiparchbishopdomarchbishopdomarchdeaconryarchdiocese

Example

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"Montaigne was raised to the Archbishopric of York."

Etymology

From Middle English erchebischopriche, from Old English arċebisċeoprīce, arċebisċoprīċe, equivalent to archbishop + -ric.

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