Definition of Archbishopric

1. Noun. The territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop.

Generic synonyms: Jurisdiction

Definition of Archbishopric

1. n. The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

Definition of Archbishopric

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

2. Noun. the jurisdiction of an archbishop; an archdiocese ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Archbishopric

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archbishopric

archaistic
archaists
archaize
archaized
archaizer
archaizers
archaizes
archaizing
archangel
archangelic
archangelical
archangels
archbishop
archbishophood
archbishophoods
archbishopric (current term)
archbishoprick
archbishopricks
archbishoprics
archbishops
archchamberlain
archchamberlains
archchancellor
archchancellors
archchemic
archcompetitor
archcompetitors
archconservatism
archconservative
archconservatives

Literary usage of Archbishopric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"500; vacant 545-1093); archbishopric of Chambéry (1775; raised to archbishopric 1817), with the suffragan bishoprics of Annecy (1822), St. Jean-de-Maurienne ..."

2. Guide to the Materials for United States History in Canadian Archives by David W. Parker (1913)
"QUEBEC: ARCHIVES OF THE archbishopric. The search for materials for United States history in the archives of the archbishopric from 1844. ..."

3. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward A[ugustus] Freeman (1882)
"The King prays Ana- i'lm to take the archbishopric. He asks for the confirmation of grants made by him during the vacancy. Anselm refuses. who was now free ..."

4. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier, Pierre Desrey (1867)
"THEY PUT THE ARCHBISHOP OF AUCH IN POSSESSION OF HIS archbishopric. ... and possession of the archbishopric, contrary to the will and orders of the king. ..."

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