Ultimately from Medieval Latin archdiocesis, variant of archidioecēsis, from archi- (“chief, main”) + Late Latin dioecēsis, q.v., equivalent to arch- + diocese.
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑːtʃˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/, /-siːz/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑɹt͡ʃˈdaɪəsɪs/, /-siːz/
archdiocese (plural archdioceses)
- (Christianity) A group of dioceses administered by an archbishop
area administered by an archbishop
- Aragonese: archidiocesi f
- Belarusian: архідыяцэзія (arxidyjacezija)
- Catalan: metròpolis (ca) f, metròpoli (ca) f, arxidiòcesi (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大主教管區 / 大主教管区 (dàzhǔjiào guǎnqū)
- Czech: arcidiecéze (cs) f
- Danish: ærkebispedømme n, ærkestift n (formal)
- Dutch: aartsbisdom (nl) n, metropool (nl) m
- Esperanto: ĉefepiskopejo, ĉefepiskoplando, ĉefepiskopujo, ĉefdiocezo
- Finnish: arkkihiippakunta (fi)
- French: archidiocèse (fr) m
- Galician: arquidiocese (gl) f
- German: Erzdiözese (de) f, Erzbistum (de) n
- Hungarian: érsekség (hu)
- Indonesian: keuskupan agung
- Irish: ard-deoise f, deoise ardeaspaig f
- Italian: arcidiocesi (it)
- Korean: 대교구 (daegyogu)
- Latin: archidioecēsis
- Macedonian: архиеписко́пија f (arhiepiskópija)
- Manx: ard-aspickys m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: erkebispedømme n
- Nynorsk: erkebispedøme n, erkebispedømme n
- Polish: archidiecezja (pl) f, arcybiskupstwo (pl) n, metropolia (pl) f
- Portuguese: arquidiocese (pt) f, arcebispado m
- Romanian: arhidioceză
- Russian: епа́рхия архиепи́скопа f (jepárxija arxijepískopa), архиепи́скопство (ru) n (arxijepískopstvo)
- Slovene: nadškofija f
- Spanish: archidiócesis (es) f, arzobispado (es) m
- Swedish: ärkebiskopsdöme (sv) n, ärkestift (sv) n
- Tagalog: arkidiyosesis (tl)
- Turkish: başpiskoposluk (tr)
- Ukrainian: архідієцезія (arxidijecezija)
- Vietnamese: tổng giáo phận
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