bishopric
noun/ˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/US
Etymology
From Middle English bischopriche, from Old English bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop + -ric (compare German Reich).
- inherited from bisċoprīċe
- inherited from bischopriche
Definitions
A diocese
A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.
- Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
- Iohn Fiſher Biſhop of Rocheſter, when the King [Henry VII of England] would have tranſlated him from that poore Biſhopricke to a better, he refuſed, saying: He would not forſake his poore little olde wife, with whom he had ſo long lived.
- Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.
The office or function of a bishop.
- Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA