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or simply Bistum) and ecclesiastical principality are synonymous with Hochstift. '''Erzstift''' and '''Kurerzstift''' referred respectively to the territory (prince-archbishopric) ruled by a prince-archbishop and an elector-archbishop while '''Stift''' referred to the territory ruled by an imperial abbot or abbess, or a princely abbot or abbess. Stift was also often used to refer to any type of ecclesiastical principality.

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