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the archbishopric of [place]
常用来指以大主教驻在地命名的大主教管区。
The archbishopric of Canterbury has a long history.
坎特伯雷大主教区历史悠久。
大主教辖区
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大主教辖区
the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop
The archbishopric of Canterbury has a long history.
坎特伯雷大主教区历史悠久。
大主教的等级或职位。
The rank or office of an archbishop.
大主教的管辖范围。
The jurisdiction of an archbishop.
The archbishopric covers several counties in the south.
这个大主教辖区覆盖了南部的几个郡。
She wrote a history of the archbishopric from its founding in the twelfth century.
她写了一部关于这个大主教辖区自十二世纪建立以来的历史。
The cathedral stands at the centre of the archbishopric.
大教堂坐落在这个大主教辖区的中心。
常用来指以大主教驻在地命名的大主教管区。
The archbishopric of Canterbury has a long history.
坎特伯雷大主教区历史悠久。
此处指被授予大主教的职位，而非教区。
He was appointed to an archbishopric in 2019.
他于2019年被任命为大主教。
Not this
The archbishopric visited the sick in the hospital.
Use this
The archbishop visited the sick in the hospital.
archbishopric 指“大主教的职务或辖区”，不是人；表示“大主教”本人要用 archbishop。原句把职务当成人作主语，不合逻辑，改为 archbishop 后才表达“人探望病人”的意思。
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The archbishopric cathedral is over 500 years old.
Use this
The archbishopric's cathedral is over 500 years old.
archbishopric 是名词，不能直接放在另一个名词前作定语；表示“大主教辖区的教堂”要用名词所有格 archbishopric's。加上 's 后所属关系明确，符合英语表达习惯。
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坎特伯雷大主教辖区
He was appointed to the archbishopric of Canterbury.
他被任命为坎特伯雷大主教。
担任大主教之职
He held the archbishopric for only six months.
他担任大主教之职仅六个月。
大主教辖区空缺
The archbishopric was vacant for three years after his death.
他去世后，大主教辖区空缺了三年。
升格为大主教区
The diocese was elevated to an archbishopric in 1834.
该主教区于1834年升格为大主教区。
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记法：主教辖区是 bishopric，arch（大/首）一加就成 archbishopric，大主教的辖区。
语域：formal 常见场景：教会行政、历史文献、宗教研究 该词为正式用词，通常用于教会行政、历史或法律语境；日常口语中很少出现。
bishopric 是真正的同韵词：从重读元音到词尾均为 /bɪʃəprɪk/，与 archbishopric 重读音节后的读音一致。rhetoric、lyric、historic、electric、generic 虽也以 -ric 结尾并读 /rɪk/，但重音元音不同，只是形似，并不押韵。
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