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Definition: ARCHIEPISCOPACY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.[Websters]
2. The state or dignity of an archbishop.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Archiepiscopacy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Archiepiscopacy \Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pa*cy\, noun. [Prefix archi- episcopacy.]. (references)

Definition: ARCHIEPISCOPACY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.[Websters]
2. The state or dignity of an archbishop.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ARCHIEPISCOPACY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Archiepiscopacy \Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pa*cy\, noun. [Prefix archi- episcopacy.]. (references)