archbishopric

English

Etymology

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

Noun

archbishopric (plural archbishoprics)

1. (ecclesiastical) the rank or office of an archbishop
2. (ecclesiastical) the jurisdiction of an archbishop; an archdiocese

Synonyms

• archbishopdom

Related terms

• bishopric

Translations

the rank or office of an archbishop

• Czech: arcibiskupství n
• Finnish: arkkipiispanistuin
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ardeaspagóideacht f
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• Portuguese: arcebispado m
• Romanian: arhiepiscop (ro) m
• Tagalog: arsobispado

jurisdiction of an archbishop

• Catalan: metròpolis (ca) f, metròpoli (ca) f
• Czech: arcibiskupství n
• Danish: ærkebispedømme c, ærkestift n, ærkebispesæde n
• Dutch: metropool (nl) m, aartsbisdom (nl) n
• Esperanto: ĉefepiskopejo, ĉefepiskoplando, ĉefepiskopujo
• Finnish: arkkihiippakunta (fi)
• French: archevêché (fr) m
• German: Erzbistum (de) n
• Irish: deoise ardeaspaig f
• Italian: arcivescovado m
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• Macedonian: архиепископија f (arhiepiskopija)
• Polish: arcybiskupstwo (pl) n, metropolia (pl) f
• Portuguese: arcebispado m
• Romanian: arhiepiscopie (ro) f
• Russian: архиепи́скопство (ru) n (arxijepískopstvo)
• Slovene: nadškofija f
• Spanish: arzobispado (es) m
• Swedish: ärkebiskopsdöme (sv) n
• Tagalog: arsobispado, arkidiyosesis (tl)