bishopric en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English bischopriche, from Old English bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop + -ric (compare German Reich).
Meanings
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A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.
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:Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
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
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bishoprics | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bishoprike | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bishoprick | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
popehood · archbishopry · papacy · archiepiscopacy · popedom · archbishopric · archbishopric · archbishophood · popeship · archbishopship · archbishopdom · archdiocese
Hypernyms
Synonyms
bishopry · diocese · bishopship · episcopacy · episcopate · monepiscopacy · bishophood · bishopdom
Translations (61)
ro episcopie (diocese) · fi hiippakunta (diocese) · it vescovato (diocese) · mi pīhopatanga (function of being bishop) · enm byschopryke (diocese) · pl biskupstwo (function of being bishop) · io episkopio (diocese) · mi pīhopatanga (diocese) · pl diecezja (diocese) · ro episcopat (function of being bishop) · mk епархија (diocese) · tl obispado (diocese) · mk бискупство (function of being bishop) · mk бискупија (diocese) · sv biskopdöme (diocese) · es obispado (diocese) · fr épiscopat (function of being bishop) · pl biskupstwo (diocese) · cs biskupství (diocese) · is biskupsdæmi (diocese) · ms biskoprik (diocese) · pt bispado (function of being bishop) · la episcopātus (function of being bishop) · da bispesæde (diocese) · hu püspökség (function of being bishop) · sh биску̀пија (diocese) · da bispedømme (diocese) · cs biskupství (function of being bishop) · sms aa´rhelkå´dd (diocese) · dsb biskupstwo (diocese) · id keuskupan (diocese) · nl episcopaat (function of being bishop) · hu püspökség (diocese) · pt bispado (diocese) · ru епа́рхия (diocese) · ca bisbat (diocese) · fr évêché (diocese) · pt episcopado (function of being bishop) · cop ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲏ (diocese) · de Bistum (diocese) · tl diyosesis (diocese) · de Diözese (diocese) · la dioecēsis (diocese) · sv biskopat (function of being bishop) · kl biskoppeqarfik (diocese) · pt episcopado (diocese) · nds-de Bisdom (function of being bishop) · enm bischopriche (function of being bishop) · tr piskoposluk (diocese) · nl diocees (diocese) · sh biskùpija (diocese) · nl bisdom (diocese) · tl obispado (function of being bishop) · sl škofija (diocese) · ms keuskupan (diocese) · et piiskopkond (diocese) · sv biskopsdöme (diocese) · mk епископство (function of being bishop) · da stift (diocese) · lv bīskapija (diocese) · nl diocese (diocese)