noun
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The rank or office of an archbishop
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The jurisdiction of an archbishop; an archdiocese
Examples of archbishoprics in a Sentence
In India he established a diocesan hierarchy, with seven archbishoprics, the archbishop of Goa taking precedence with the rank of patriarch.
The two archbishoprics of Armagh and Dublin are maintained in the disestablished Church of Ireland.
In 1542 he received the cardinal's hat, and in 1578 when he was called to succeed his grandnephew Sebastian on the throne, he held the archbishoprics of Lisbon and Coimbra as well as that of Braga, in addition to the wealthy abbacy of Alcobazar.
His jurisdiction embraced the territories occupied by the five ancient German tribes, and included the five archbishoprics of Mainz, Treves (Trier), Cologne, Salzburg and Bremen.
He has 3 archbishoprics and 5 bishoprics under his jurisdiction.
Sydney is the seat of Anglican and Roman Catholic archbishoprics;.
There are five archbishoprics and five bishoprics under the patriarch, who alone can consecrate.
Armagh was constituted the seat of the primacy, and Cashel, Tuam and Dublin were raised to the rank of archbishoprics.
There are ten archbishoprics (Toledo, Madrid, Burgos, Granada, Santiago, Saragossa, Seville, Tarragona, Valencia and Valladolid) and fortyfive bishoprics.