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Definition of Archbishoprics
1. archbishopric [n] - See also: archbishopric
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archbishoprics
Literary usage of Archbishoprics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"Total number of American archbishoprics, ... The number of archbishoprics, bishoprics,
... Archbishoprics ..."
2. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"Total number of American archbishoprics, 25 ; of bishoprics, 127; of American
dioceses, 152. Besides these bishops, there were, in America, in 1868, ..."
3. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of King by Gilbert Burnet (1850)
"... these to the two archbishoprics. These lords made a shew of zeal after a good
bargain, and surrendered them to the king. He also purchased several ..."
4. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... have decreed to entrust to thy brotherly care the duty of chancellor in all
England, Wales, in the archbishoprics of Canterbury and York, ..."
5. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... have decreed to entrust to thy brotherly care the duty of chancellor in all
England, Wales, in the archbishoprics of Canterbury and York, ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1905)
"There are also 86 titular archbishoprics and 434 titular bishoprics, ...
Besides these, the Propaganda has 2 titular archbishoprics and 27 titular ..."
7. A Manual of Dignities, Privilege, and Precedence by Charles Roger Dodd (1844)
"Archbishoprics AND BISHOPRICS OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND, ...
THE following account of the Archbishoprics and Bishoprics in England, Wales, ..."
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