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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
archdiocese
noun
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▪ And this, the archdiocese believes, is sometimes done at the expense of Catholic doctrine.
▪ By mid-February the archdiocese had yet to release its report on the parish, and he was beginning to worry.
▪ Hygeberht's archdiocese, therefore, embraced Mercia and its dependent border territories in the midlands and East Anglia.
▪ Jim gave the liturgy planning team his tentative approval and waited to see how the community and the archdiocese would react.
▪ More nettlesome was the prosecutorial attitude the archdiocese had assumed.
▪ The archdiocese had already settled with about 10 plaintiffs, but several other men are still involved in the lawsuit.
▪ Two weeks later a letter arrived from the solicitors for the archdiocese providing the assurance that we sought.
▪ Very soon afterwards, the archdiocese withdrew its plans and the church thankfully continues in use.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Archdiocese

Archdiocese \Arch`di"o*cese\, n. [Pref. arch- + diocese.] The diocese of an archbishop.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
archdiocese

1762, from arch- + diocese.

Wiktionary
archdiocese

n. In Christian denominations, the area administered by an archbishop.

WordNet
archdiocese

n. the diocese of an archbishop

Usage examples of "archdiocese".

The seven Suffragan Bishops of the Archdiocese of Paris will act as pall bearers.

Cologne, without the perusal or permission of the superiors of this place: whereas I am informed for certain that in the aforesaid books, and also in certain of letters on the same subject, sent clandestinely to the clergy and senate of Treves, and others, for the purpose of impeding the course of justice against witches and magicians, there are contained many articles which are not only erroneous and scandalous, but also suspected of heresy, and savoring of sedition: I therefore hereby revoke, condemn, reject, and repudiate, as if they had never been said or asserted by me, the said articles, as seditious and temerarious, contrary to the common judgment of learned theologians, to the decision and bulls of the supreme Pontiffs, and to the practice, and statutes, and laws of the magistrates and judges, as well as of this Archdiocese of Treves, as of the other provinces and principalities, in the order in which the same are hereunto annexed.

First thought: to make the territory of all three hordes a Vicariate Apostolic was to abolish the de facto status of the Jackrabbit Horde as missioners of the Texark Archdiocese.

I shall summon all my metropolitan bishops and the secular lords of the archdiocese, which includes you two, the other counts and castellans of the region, and Prince Alfonso.

When Maggie didnt offer her one, she added, There was a call for you earlier from the archdioceses office.

The archdiocese is in charge of Father Francis remains, since theres no next of kin, and they see no reason for an autopsy.

Pomar, the younger priest, did quietly recall the occasion when the Archbishop of Sao Paulo had ordered notices pinned to the church doors throughout his archdiocese denouncing the torturing of priests and lay workers by the security police.

Canterbury once more depopulated of the clergy and their retainers, Arthur had designated Yorkminster to henceforth be the paramount archdiocese of his realm and had empowered Harold to fill all vacant sees.

When Emmett at last began to grate upon his host, Harold had documents drawn up designating the Irishman a lay deputy of the Archdiocese of York, empowered to act in the name of the Archbishop.

Peter Fairley, the king, the court, and not a few othersmy episcopal self included, God be praisedare bodily cleaner and sweeter-smelling these days, while the coffers of the archdiocese are now blessed with a new source of most welcome revenue, and all these blessings of the same cause.

I offered him a charter and my full backing, for it looked to be portending a virtual gold mine of income, but that honest, selfless man insistedfinally, profanely, and blasphemously insisted over my objectionsthat I and the archdiocese stand to receive the bulk of any profits if I backed the venture.

A visit to the offices of the Denver archdiocese produced a long list of seminaries in the United States, and there was nothing for Kevin and Christa to do but work their way through it.

Stepping to the podium is Archbishop Peter Cardinal Mathews, prelate of the Cincinnati archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church and widely seen as a potential successor to Pope John XXIV who served only a controversial five months before being listed among the missing in the disappearances just weeks ago.

She said she would, and added, “Black was over at the archdiocese, and they’re looking for a priest who studied art at UW–Stout in Menomonie, but this monsignor over there said they won’t find one.