(a loanword from Spanish)
archbishopric, the region overseen by the archbishop (central Mexico, 1613)
nohuian yn izquican ypan huehuey altepetl yn itlapacholpantzinco arҫobispo Mexico in motenehua Arҫobispado = everywhere all around in all the large altepetl in the area ruled by the archbishop in Mexico, called the archbishopric (central Mexico, 1613)
ynin vmpa tzintic vmpa peuh cecni yn ipan ce altepetl yn itech pohui yn itlatititzalpan yn itlahuillanalpan yn huey altepetl Arçobispado Viena ytocayocan Mota. = “It was founded and began in a particular altepetl called Mota that belongs to the jurisdiction and dependent area of the great altepetl and archbishopric of Vienne” (Chimalpahin 2006: 280). [annals (AHT, AJB); time range: 1564–1614]
Y[n] nehuatl R[odrig]o Lopez de Albornoz nip[ro]-uisor yhua[n] ni vicario yn nica[n] yc nohuiya[n] yn iarçobispado in teoyotica tlatohuani don frai Alonso de Mo[n]tufar muy reuerentissimo señor yn nica[n] çiudad Mexico Tenochtitlan (Anales de Juan Bautista 2001: 192). = I, Rodrigo López de Albornoz, the provisor and the vicar here and everywhere in the archbishopric of the priestly ruler don fray Alonso de Montúfar, the very reverend lord, here in the city of Mexico Tenochtitlan. [annals (AHT, AJB); time range: 1564–1614]