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nounA diocese administered by an archbishop.
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Origin
- Late Latindioecēsis
- Medieval Latinarchdiocesis
- Englisharchdiocese
Ultimately from Medieval Latin archdiocesis, variant of archidioecēsis, from archi- (“chief, main”) + Late Latin dioecēsis, q.v., equivalent to arch- + diocese.
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Catalan metròpolis, metròpoli
- metròpolisarea administered by an archbishop
- metròpoliarea administered by an archbishop
- arxidiòcesiarea administered by an archbishop
Chinese Mandarin 大主教管區 /大主教管区
- 大主教管區 /大主教管区 (dàzhǔjiào guǎnqū)area administered by an archbishop
Czech arcidiecéze
- arcidiecézearea administered by an archbishop
Danish ærkebispedømme, ærkestift
- ærkebispedømmearea administered by an archbishop
- ærkestiftarea administered by an archbishop
Dutch aartsbisdom, metropool
- aartsbisdomarea administered by an archbishop
- metropoolarea administered by an archbishop
Esperanto ĉefepiskopejo, ĉefepiskoplando
- ĉefepiskopejoarea administered by an archbishop
- ĉefepiskoplandoarea administered by an archbishop
- ĉefepiskopujoarea administered by an archbishop
- ĉefdiocezoarea administered by an archbishop
Finnish arkkihiippakunta
- arkkihiippakuntaarea administered by an archbishop
French archidiocèse
- archidiocèsearea administered by an archbishop
German Erzdiözese, Erzbistum
- Erzdiözesearea administered by an archbishop
- Erzbistumarea administered by an archbishop
Hungarian érsekség
- érsekségarea administered by an archbishop
Indonesian keuskupan agung
- keuskupan agungarea administered by an archbishop
Irish ard-deoise, deoise ardeaspaig
- ard-deoisearea administered by an archbishop
- deoise ardeaspaigarea administered by an archbishop
Italian arcidiocesi
- arcidiocesiarea administered by an archbishop
Korean 대교구
- 대교구 (daegyogu)area administered by an archbishop
Latin archidioecēsis
- archidioecēsisarea administered by an archbishop
Malay keuskupan agung
- keuskupan agungarea administered by an archbishop
Norwegian Bokmål erkebispedømme
- erkebispedømmearea administered by an archbishop
Polish archidiecezja, arcybiskupstwo
- archidiecezjaarea administered by an archbishop
- arcybiskupstwoarea administered by an archbishop
- metropoliaarea administered by an archbishop
Portuguese arquidiocese, arcebispado
- arquidiocesearea administered by an archbishop
- arcebispadoarea administered by an archbishop
Romanian arhidioceză
- arhidiocezăarea administered by an archbishop
Russian епа́рхия архиепи́скопа, архиепи́скопство
- епа́рхия архиепи́скопа (jepárxija arxijepískopa)area administered by an archbishop
- архиепи́скопство (arxijepískopstvo)area administered by an archbishop
Spanish archidiócesis, arzobispado
- archidiócesisarea administered by an archbishop
- arzobispadoarea administered by an archbishop
Swedish ärkebiskopsdöme, ärkestift
- ärkebiskopsdömearea administered by an archbishop
- ärkestiftarea administered by an archbishop
Tagalog arkidiyosesis
- arkidiyosesisarea administered by an archbishop
Turkish başpiskoposluk
- başpiskoposlukarea administered by an archbishop
Ukrainian архідієцезія
- архідієцезія (arxidijecezija)area administered by an archbishop
Vietnamese tổng giáo phận
- tổng giáo phậnarea administered by an archbishop
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archdiocese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archdiocese
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“archdiocese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archdiocese. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archdiocese,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archdiocese.
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