bishopric
nounUS, UK /ˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/
Etymology From Middle English bischopriche, from Old English bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop + -ric (compare German Reich).
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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.1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], “Grave Speeches, and Wittie Apothegms of Woorthie Personages of This Realme in Former Times”, in Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC, page 220:
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- Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:
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The office or function of a bishop.
- Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy