different between jurisdiction vs archbishopric

English

Etymology

From Latin i?risdicti?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?????s?d?k??n/, /d????s?d?k??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??????s?d?k??n/, /d??????s?d?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n
• Hyphenation: ju?ris?dic?tion

Noun

jurisdiction (countable and uncountable, plural jurisdictions)

1. The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
2. The power or right to exercise authority.
3. The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law.
4. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
5. The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.

Synonyms

• (power or right to exercise authority): power
• (historical, UK): oyer and terminer, soc and sac

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See also

• control

English

Etymology

From Middle English erchebyschopryke, archebischopric, from Old English ar?ebis?eopr?ce, ar?ebis?opr??e, equivalent to archbishop +? -ric.

Noun

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,^[1]

     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, A General History of the Pyrates, London: T. Warner, Chapter 11, p. 213,^[2]

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

Related terms

• bishopric

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