different between archbishopdom vs archbishop

English

Etymology

From Middle English *archebischopdom, from Old English ær?ebiscopd?m (“archiepiscopal dignity; archbishopric”), equivalent to archbishop +? -dom.

Noun

archbishopdom (uncountable)

1. (ecclesiastical) The realm, sphere, domain, office, or jurisdiction of an archbishop; archbishopric.
   • 1855, A general index to the publications of the Parker Society - Page 567:

     [...] some call it the sacrament of priesthood, of bishopdom, or of archbishopdom, [...]

   • 1982, Josefa Nina Lieberman, Beaumont, He came to Cambridge:

     In the not too distant past Salzburg had been an Archbishopdom ruled by her archbishops.

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English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviations): abp., Abp.

Etymology

From Middle English erchebischop, archebischop, from Old English ær?ebis?op (“archbishop”), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (arkhiepískopos), from ????- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) +? ????????? (epískopos, “overseer”), from ????????? (episkopé?, “I watch over”), from ??? (epí, “over”) +? ?????? (skopé?, “I examine”), equivalent to arch- +? bishop.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??(?)t?.b??.?p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??t?.b??.?p/

Noun

archbishop (plural archbishops, feminine archbishopess)

1. A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

Related terms

• archbishopdom
• archbishopric
• archbishopship
• archepiscopal
• bishop
• bishopric
• episcopal

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See also

• archdiocese
• diocese
• Excellency
• Grace
• prelate
• primate