archbishopric
- noun
- /ˌɑːrkˈbɪʃəprɪk/
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arzobispado
- While not as wealthy as the archbishopric, monasteries also received land grants and raised revenue from taxes and tariffs.
- the archbishopric of Kazan
Examples
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The archbishopric of Canterbury is responsible for overseeing the Church of England.
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Further evidence of the importance of the archbishopric of Kazan was provided by the choice of the men who filled the most important positions in the region.
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This council created an archbishopric in Kazan and selected distinguished churchmen to fill its positions.
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The political elite of the Hanseatic town used the vacancy of the Magdeburg archbishopric, its lawful political authority, to achieve the goal of full political autonomy, which the town had pursued since the thirteenth century with increasing success.
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This strongly suggests that the archbishopric of Kazan had been planned as a prominent component of the Church's future in Muscovy; the idea that a local Orthodox community was solely the decision of Kazan's governor appears unlikely.
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For example, when the lands initially provided by the tsar for the archbishopric were "worn out" in the early seventeenth century, Kazan's current governor granted new lands to Metropolitan Matfei with land inside the city, fields outside of Kazan, and water rights to the Volga.
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The new archbishopric was established to serve the growing population in the region.
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She was appointed to lead the archbishopric that governed the spiritual matters of several dioceses.
Synonyms
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7.6
An area of churches and parishes that a bishop looks after
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8.7
A district of churches led by an archbishop in some Christian churches
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9.9
The city or area where a bishop has their main church and office
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9.7
An area under the control of a bishop
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9.9
A Catholic church area or group led by a bishop
An area of Christian churches led by an archbishop
A district led by a bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Church
The area that a bishop is in charge of
The job and area a senior church leader is in charge of
An area of a diocese that an archdeacon looks after
A church office in the Christian church that gives a person responsibility for several local churches
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
archbishopric = archbishop (transparent) = arch + bishop + ric
Formed from the familiar word 'archbishop' plus the domain-forming suffix '-ric', so the meaning 'the district/see of an archbishop' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Archbishopric comes from arch- meaning 'chief', as in archenemy, and bishopric, meaning the district of a bishop or church leader. So an archbishopric is the area ruled by the chief bishop, which explains the modern meaning as the district under an archbishop's authority.