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#NAME? :: -ric () A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority..

Bailiwick :: Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

Pastorage :: Pastorage (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate..

Chapellany :: Chapellany (n.) A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

Exercisible :: Exercisible (a.) Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction..

Precinct :: Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state..

Bishopdom :: Bishopdom (n.) Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate.

Leetman :: Leetman (n.) One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.

Matriarchate :: Matriarchate (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.

Archbishopric :: Archbishopric (n.) The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

Franchise :: Franchise (a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote..

Province :: Province (n.) The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere.

Waywodeship :: Waywodeship (n.) The office, province, or jurisdiction of a waywode..

Ambulatory :: Ambulatory (a.) Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places..

Seigniory :: Seigniory (n.) The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

Patriarchy :: Patriarchy (n.) The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.

See :: See (n.) Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome..

Catholicos :: Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis..

Riding :: Riding (n.) One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding..

Popedom :: Popedom (n.) The jurisdiction of the pope.

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