archiepiscopacy

[ ahr-kee-i-pis-kuh-puh-see ]

noun
  1. a form of church government in which power is vested in archbishops.

Origin of archiepiscopacy

1
1635–45; <Late Latin archiepiscop(us) archbishop + -acy

Words Nearby archiepiscopacy

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