Noun
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter Augustine's death in 604, Canterbury continued to be the site of the southern archbishopric, and London remained a bishopric. Source: Internet
An archdiocese (or archiepiscopal see or archbishopric) is more significant than a diocese. Source: Internet
As a result, he was stripped of his archbishopric. Source: Internet
A rift grew between Henry and Becket as the new archbishop resigned his chancellorship and sought to recover and extend the rights of the archbishopric. Source: Internet
Cardinalate Piccolomini was the administrator of the Archdiocese of Siena which his uncle had raised to the status of archbishopric. Source: Internet
He barred Langton from entering England and seized the lands of the archbishopric and other papal possessions. Source: Internet