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English
Etymology
From Middle English erchebischopriche, from Old English arċebisċeoprīce, arċebisċoprīċe, equivalent to archbishop + -ric.
Pronunciation
Noun
archbishopric (plural archbishoprics)
- (ecclesiastical) The rank or office of an archbishop.
- Synonym: archiepiscopacy
1958, T. H. White, The Once and Future King, New York: Putnam, Book 4, Chapter 3, p. 563:A bishop of Bath […] was considered after due reflection to be an unsuitable man for the Archbishopric, because he had too many illegitimate children—not some, but too many.
- (ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop.
- Synonyms: archbishopdom, archdiocese
Translations
the rank or office of an archbishop
jurisdiction of an archbishop