Arch`bish'op·ric noun [ Anglo-Saxon arcebiscoprīce . See -ric .] The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/115
archbishop, archbishopric 1. A bishop of the highest rank, who heads an archdiocese or an ecclesiastical province. 2. The chief bishop; the highest dignitary in an episcopal church, superintending the bishops of his province; a metropolitan. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2391/