arçobispado

Old Spanish

Etymology

From arçobispo (“archbishop”) +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾt͡sobisˈpado/

Noun

arçobispado m (plural arçobispados)

1. archbishopric
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 39v:

     eſta cibdat de tẏri fue arçobiſpado. Alli ẏazẽ muchos mr̃es. e al tẏenpo de los gentiles la cõbatio alexãdre.

     This city of Tyre was an archbishopric. Therein lie many martyrs, and in the time of the gentiles it was besieged by Alexander.

Related terms

• obispado

Descendants

• Spanish: arzobispado