archdiocese

arch·di·o·cese

noun
\(ˌ)ärch-ˈdī-ə-səs, -ˌsēs, -ˌsēz\

plural arch·di·o·ces·es\-ˈdī-ə-sə-səz, -ˌsē-zəz, -ˈdī-ə-ˌsēz\

Definition of ARCHDIOCESE

: the diocese of an archbishop

— arch·di·oc·e·san \ˌärch-dī-ˈä-sə-sən also -ˈdī-ə-ˌsē-s^ən\ adjective

First Known Use of ARCHDIOCESE

1844

Rhymes with ARCHDIOCESE

Abdülaziz, Albigenses, Aragonese, Averroës, Barcelonese, bona fides, bureaucratese, cheval-de-frise, computerese, Diogenes, Dodecanese, Dutch elm disease, Egas Moniz, Eumenides, Euripides, Florida Keys, governmentese, Great Pyrenees, Hesperides, Hippocrates, Hippomenes, Indo-Chinese, kissing disease, mad cow disease, Marie-Louise, officialese, Pentagonese, Philoctetes, Sammarinese, social disease, suicide squeeze, superficies, telegraphese, Themistocles, Thucydides, Vietnamese