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bishopdom

noun

Etymology

From Middle English bischopdom, from Old English bisċopdōm, bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm (“the province of a bishop; a bishopric”), from Proto-West Germanic *biskopadōm, equivalent to bishop + -dom. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bisdum (“bishopdom”), West Frisian bisdom (“bishopdom”), Dutch bisdom (“bishopdom”), German Bistum (“bishopdom”), Danish bispedømme (“bishopdom”), Swedish biskopsdöme (“bishopdom”), Icelandic biskupsdæmur, biskupsdæmi (“bishopdom”).

  1. inherited from *biskopadōm✻
  2. inherited from bisċopdōm
  3. inherited from bischopdom

Definitions

  1. Synonym of bishopric.

    • See the frowardneſſe of this Man, he would perſwade us that the Succeſſion and divine Right of Biſhopdom hath bin unqueſtionable through all Ages;

  2. Synonym of episcopate.

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