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archiepiscopacy en · NOUN

Etymology

From archi- + episcopacy.

Meanings

1. The form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.
2. The position or dignity of an archbishop.
   • ‘Though there are no Auto-da-Fés in Lima now,’ said one of the company to another; ‘I fear our sailor friend runs risk of the archiepiscopacy. Let us withdraw more out of the moonlight. […]’ 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “'”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 292:

Forms

Synonyms

archbishopric