archbishopric

Etymology

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

noun

1. (ecclesiastical) The rank or office of an archbishop.
   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. 1958, T. H. White, The Once and Future King, New York: Putnam, Book 4, Chapter 3, p. 563
2. (ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop.
   St. Salvadore in the Bahia los todos Santos, is an Archbishoprick and Seat of the Viceroy, the chief Port of Trade for Importation […] 1724, Daniel Defoe, chapter 11, in A General History of the Pyrates, London: T. Warner, page 213