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archbishopric definition

arch·bishop·ric (-rik)

noun

  1. the office, rank, duties, or term of an archbishop
  2. the church district over which an archbishop has jurisdiction

Etymology: ME archebishopriche < OE arcebiscoprice < arcebisceop (see archbishop) + rice, jurisdiction < PGmc *rikja (> Ger reich, realm): for IE base see regal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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