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An archdiocese is the church area governed by an archbishop, not by an ordinary bishop. A diocese is already a church “county”; an archdiocese is the chief one, often centred on a big city, with smaller dioceses around it.
An archdiocese is the church areaarchdiocese是教會的一個轄區 governed by an archbishop由總主教管理, not by an ordinary bishop而不是一般的主教. A diocese is already a church "county"diocese已經是教會的「縣」了; an archdiocese is the chief onearchdiocese是其中最重要的那個, often centred on a big city通常以一個大城市為中心, with smaller dioceses around it周圍還有比較小的教區.
You meet the word most in the Catholic Church, and also in other churches that draw the same kind of map. It names the place and the people in it, not the person in charge (that person is the archbishop).
You meet the word most in the Catholic Church這個字最常出現在天主教會, and also in other churches that draw the same kind of map也出現在畫類似轄區地圖的其他教會. It names the place and the people in it它指的是那個地方和裡面的人, not the person in charge不是那個負責的人 (that person is the archbishop)（那個人是archbishop總主教）.
People sometimes say archdiocese when they only mean any diocese; strictly it is the archbishop’s own area. The word belongs to church organisation and news about bishops; it is not everyday talk.
People sometimes say archdiocese有些人有時候會說archdiocese when they only mean any diocese但其實只是指一般的diocese; strictly it is the archbishop's own area嚴格來說它專指總主教自己的轄區. The word belongs to church organisation and news about bishops這個字屬於教會組織和主教相關新聞的用語; it is not everyday talk不是日常會說的話.
組成arch- (“chief, main”) + diocese. Ultimately from Medieval Latin archdiocesis, a variant of archidioecēsis, from archi- (“chief, main”) + Late Latin dioecēsis.
同家族的字
- diocesethe ordinary church area; this is the chief version of it
- archbishopthe person who governs an archdiocese
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
archdiocesenoun/ˌɑːtʃˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/
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ChristianityA diocese administered by an archbishop.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。