archiepiscopate
(-skəpeɪt)
[f. as archiepiscopal a. + -ate3.]
An archbishop's tenure of office; also = archbishopric.
| 1792 Gentl. Mag. Apr. 332 Will shed the most refulgent splendour on the archiepiscopate of Dr. Moore. 1855 Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) V. ix. vii. 371 Venice..had never become..the seat of an archiepiscopate. |