Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or jurisdiction of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
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- noun an
archbishopric
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Examples
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It was the Archbishop of Canterbury's misfortune to have the issue of gay clergy - the nomination of Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading - 'come up' at the very start of his archiepiscopate.
Just Williams 2004
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V of Wied in the reorganization and and adjustment of the ecclesiastical and civil law in the electoral province, and was the first to determine the jurisdiction of the archiepiscopate
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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In two particular instances during the archiepiscopate of Cardinal Vaughan this point was raised and became the subject of correspondence between the cardinal and the Home Secretary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The ecclesiastical seminary, first established at San Lúcar de Barrameda, in 1830 in the archiepiscopate of Cardinal Francisco Javier de
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Sabina came as papal legate to Sweden during the archiepiscopate of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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His anniversary was kept at Canterbury on 10 November, but there is uncertainty as to the year of his death, though 627, the commonly received date, would appear to be correct, especially as it fits in with the period of three years usually assigned by the chroniclers to his archiepiscopate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Teilo returned to Wales, and is said to have been elected to the archiepiscopate vacant by the death of St. David, and to have transferred it from Menevia (q.v.) to Llandaff (q.v.); but the more general modern opinion seems to be that in Wales at that epoch the episcopate was not yet diocesan.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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One epigram speaks obscurely of the destruction of the idols of Alexandria by the Christian populace in the archiepiscopate of
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902
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Chrysostom with a heavier weight than the work of his archiepiscopate.
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895
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Under the courtly archiepiscopate of Nectarius the clergy of Constantinople became utterly corrupt and utterly worldly; but then, Nectarius was such a good manager — he kept everything so quiet, and he gave such good dinners!
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895
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