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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[1], 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

• bishopric

the rank or office of an archbishop

jurisdiction of an archbishop