Archdiocese: alternatives and connections

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

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

The state or dignity of an archbishop.

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

The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.

The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

An archbishop or other chief prelate.

In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superi…

A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and cont…

The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a dio…

To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to c…

An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bi…

One who carries the cross before an archbishop.

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

A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.

One who belongs to a diocese.