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archbishoprics

archbishoprics is the plural of archbishopric.

Meaning of archbishopric

Noun

archbishopric (plural archbishoprics)

  1. The rank or office of an archbishop.
    • Near-synonym: see
    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

Questions about archbishoprics

What is archbishoprics the plural of?
Archbishoprics is the plural of archbishopric.

Words near archbishoprics in the dictionary

  1. archbishopesses
  2. archbishophood
  3. archbishopric
  4. archbishoprick
  5. archbishopricks
  6. archbishoprics
  7. archbishopries
  8. archbishopry
  9. archbishops
  10. Archbishops of Banterbury
  11. archbishopship

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