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archbishopric

UK/ɑːt͡ʃˈbɪʃəpɹɪk//ɑɹt͡ʃˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/

archbishopric noun: the rank or office of an archbishop.

Noun

archbishopric (plural archbishoprics)

  1. The rank or office of an archbishop.
    • Near-synonym: see
    • 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.1958, T. H. White, The Once and Future King, New York: Putnam, Book 4, Chapter 3, p. 563
    Synonyms:
    archiepiscopacy, see
  2. 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 […]1724, Daniel Defoe, chapter 11, in A General History of the Pyrates, London: T. Warner, page 213

archbishopric meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian

archbishopric in Tamil

மறை மாகாணம்

archbishopric in Tagalog

the rank or office of an archbishop
arsobispado
jurisdiction of an archbishop
arsobispado, arkidiyosesis

archbishopric in Indonesian

jurisdiction of an archbishop
keuskupan agung

Synonyms of archbishopric

Forms of archbishopric

pluralarchbishoprics

Origin of archbishopric

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

Questions about archbishopric

What does archbishopric mean?
Archbishopric means the rank or office of an archbishop.
What is archbishopric in Tamil?
Archbishopric in Tamil is மறை மாகாணம். See Archbishopric meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is archbishopric?
Archbishopric is a noun.
How do you pronounce archbishopric?
Archbishopric is pronounced /ɑːt͡ʃˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/ (UK).
What is the plural of archbishopric?
The plural of archbishopric is archbishoprics.

Words near archbishopric in the dictionary

  1. archbishop's cross
  2. archbishopdom
  3. archbishopess
  4. archbishopesses
  5. archbishophood
  6. archbishopric
  7. archbishoprick
  8. archbishopricks
  9. archbishoprics
  10. archbishopries
  11. archbishopry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archbishopric (page history and authors); archbishopric (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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