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bishophood en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English bischophood, bishophod, bischophad, from Old English bisċophād (“the office or state of a bishop; the episcopate”), equivalent to bishop + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state, condition, or office of a bishop.
    • I find he was really of religious nature, and thought in secret, in spite of his bishophood, very much in regard to religion as we do. 1919, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle: