archiepiscopate
Noun
Meaning
The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
archbishop
chancellery
deanery
bishopric
prefecture
lordship
magistracy
nobility
aristocracy
dictatorship
mastery
pontificate
archbishopric
mastership
chieftaincy
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During his archiepiscopate, he built and embellished churches in his diocese, and worked to improve his clergy by holding a synod which published regulations for the priesthood.
Nicholas Brooks states that the king was converted during Laurence's archiepiscopate, within a year of him succeeding his father.