archdiocesan
/ˌɑɹt͡ʃˌdaɪˈɑsɪsən/adjective
archdiocesan is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to an archdiocese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-C-H-D-I-O-C-E-S-A-N, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does archdiocesan mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to an archdiocese.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce archdiocesan?
- US /ˌɑɹt͡ʃˌdaɪˈɑsɪsən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is archdiocesan?
Archdiocesan appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Archdiocesan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to an archdiocese:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | archidiocésain |
| Portuguese | arquidiocesano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does archdiocesan come from?
From archdiocese + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).