Bishopric

Definitions

1. A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.
2. The office or function of a bishop.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy”

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