ARCHIEPISCOPATE Antonyms

• in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)

• the term of office of a bishop

• the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

• the collective body of bishops

• the office and dignity of a bishop

• the status of being ordained to a sacred office

• logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

• the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders

• the body of ordained religious practitioners

• The rank of a deacon.

• Deacons considered as a group; a body or board of deacons.

• The period of office of a deacon.