French word

archevêché

Pronunciation

IPA/aʁʃəveʃe/

Meaning

  • masculine nounarchdiocese

Example

Nous avons visité l'archevêché hier.

We visited the archdiocese yesterday.

Illustration for archevêché (archdiocese)

More examples

On a vu l'archevêché depuis la place du marché.

We saw the archbishopric from the market square.

Core concept

The institutional center of an archbishop's jurisdiction, including the surrounding ecclesiastical territory.

Definition in French

Territoire ou siège ecclésiastique gouverné par un archevêque.

Word origin

Archevêché derives from archevêque and parallels évêché; évêque ultimately comes from Latin episcopus, borrowed from Greek episkopos.

Usage tips

  • Archevêché is a formal religious term that appears more often in administrative, historical, and news writing than in everyday speech.

Other meanings

  • archbishop's seenoun
  • archbishop's officenoun

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