archbishopric

From Middle English erchebischopriche, from Old English arċebisċeoprīce, arċebisċoprīċe, equivalent to archbishop +‎ -ric.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːt͡ʃˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹt͡ʃˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/

archbishopric (plural archbishoprics)

1. (ecclesiastical) The rank or office of an archbishop.

   Synonym: archiepiscopacy

   • 1958, T. H. White, The Once and Future King‎, New York: Putnam, Book 4, Chapter 3, p. 563:

     A bishop of Bath […] was considered after due reflection to be an unsuitable man for the Archbishopric, because he had too many illegitimate children—not some, but too many.

2. (ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop.

   Synonyms: archbishopdom, archdiocese

   • 1724, Daniel Defoe, chapter 11, in A General History of the Pyrates‎, London: T. Warner, page 213:

     St. Salvadore in the Bahia los todos Santos, is an Archbishoprick and Seat of the Viceroy, the chief Port of Trade for Importation […]

• bishopric