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Archbishopric

The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

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Jurisdiction 76% connected

The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority…

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-dom unknown · 78% connection

A suffix denoting

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-ric unknown · 78% connection

A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority.

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Ambulatory adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

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Archbishop noun · 78% connection

A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suf…

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Archi- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as…

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Archiepiscopal adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.

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Archiepiscopate noun · 78% connection

The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

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Authority noun · 78% connection

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisd…

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Chancery noun · 78% connection

In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; b…

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Colony noun · 78% connection

A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction…

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Commissary noun · 78% connection

One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.

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Crosier noun · 78% connection

The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God.

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Diocese noun · 78% connection

The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.

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Eparchy noun · 78% connection

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdi…

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Exercise noun · 78% connection

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habit…

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Extraprovincial adjective · 78% connection

Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction.

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Gymnastical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrest…

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Gymnastics noun · 78% connection

Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or chara…

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