archbishopric
(ɑːtʃˈbɪʃəprɪk)
[see -ric; cf. bishopric.]
a. The see or jurisdiction, b. the rank or office, of an archbishop.
| 994 O. E. Chron., Feng ælfric..to ðam arcebiscoprice. 1297 R. Glouc. 417 Þe kyng..þulke erchebyssopryche Of Canterbury adde in hys hond. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 55 Ðat had þe Archebyschapryk Of Yhork. 1613 Shakes. Hen. VIII, ii. i. 164 For not bestowing on him..The Arch⁓bishopricke of Toledo. 1796 Morse Amer. Un. Geog. II. 442 Cagliari has an university, an archbishopric. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 438 The archbishopric [of Cologne] became vacant. |