bishopric

Language

English

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A bishop's mitre (his hat) has been a symbol of his office, his bishopric (sense 2), for many centuries.

This map shows a historically important bishopric (sense 1) in Switzerland that lasted about a thousand years.

Alternative forms

bishoprick, bishoprike

Etymology

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From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#BISHOPRIC Category:English terms derived from Middle English#BISHOPRIC bischopriche, from Old English Category:English terms inherited from Old English#BISHOPRIC Category:English terms derived from Old English#BISHOPRIC bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop +‎ -ricCategory:English terms suffixed with -ric#BISHOPRIC (compare German Reich).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/Category:English 3-syllable words#BISHOPRIC Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BISHOPRIC
Audio (General American): (file)
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Noun

bishopric (plural bishoprics)Category:English lemmas#BISHOPRIC Category:English nouns#BISHOPRIC Category:English countable nouns#BISHOPRIC Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BISHOPRIC Category:Pages with entries#BISHOPRIC Category:Pages with 1 entry#BISHOPRIC

A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.
Synonym: diocese

Hypernym: see

Coordinate terms: archbishopric, archdiocese

Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
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- 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:
  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.
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- 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:
  Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.
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The office or function of a bishop.
Synonyms: bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood

Hypernyms: see, seatCategory:English links with manual fragments#BISHOPRIC

Coordinate terms: archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood, archiepiscopacy; papacy, popedom, popeship, popehood

Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy

Translations

diocese

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Catalan: bisbat (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BISHOPRIC
Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲏ (episkopē)Category:Terms with Coptic translations#BISHOPRIC
Czech: biskupství (cs) nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BISHOPRIC
Danish: bispedømme (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BISHOPRIC, stift nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BISHOPRIC, bispesæde nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BISHOPRIC
Dutch: bisdom (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BISHOPRIC, diocees (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BISHOPRIC, diocese (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BISHOPRIC
Estonian: piiskopkondCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BISHOPRIC
Finnish: hiippakunta (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BISHOPRIC
French: évêché (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#BISHOPRIC
German: Bistum (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#BISHOPRIC, Diözese (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#BISHOPRIC
Greenlandic: biskoppeqarfikCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#BISHOPRIC
Hungarian: püspökség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BISHOPRIC
Icelandic: biskupsdæmi nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BISHOPRIC
Ido: episkopio (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BISHOPRIC
Indonesian: keuskupan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BISHOPRIC
Italian: vescovato mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BISHOPRIC
Latin: dioecēsis fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BISHOPRIC
Latvian: bīskapija fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BISHOPRIC
Macedonian: епархија f (eparhija)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BISHOPRIC, бискупија f (biskupija)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BISHOPRIC
Malay: keuskupanCategory:Terms with Malay translations#BISHOPRIC, biskoprikCategory:Terms with Malay translations#BISHOPRIC
Māori: pīhopatangaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BISHOPRIC
Middle English: byschoprykeCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#BISHOPRIC
Polish: diecezja (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BISHOPRIC, biskupstwo (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BISHOPRIC
Portuguese: episcopado (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BISHOPRIC, bispado (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BISHOPRIC
Romanian: episcopie (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BISHOPRIC
Russian: епа́рхия (ru) f (jepárxija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BISHOPRIC
Sami:
Skolt Sami: aa´rhelkå´ddCategory:Terms with Skolt Sami translations#BISHOPRIC
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: биску̀пија fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BISHOPRIC

Latin: biskùpija (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BISHOPRIC
Slovene: škofija (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BISHOPRIC
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: biskupstwo nCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#BISHOPRIC
Spanish: obispado (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BISHOPRIC
Swedish: biskopsdöme (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BISHOPRIC, biskopdöme nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BISHOPRIC
Tagalog: obispadoCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BISHOPRIC, diyosesis (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#BISHOPRIC
Turkish: piskoposluk (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BISHOPRIC

function of being bishop

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Czech: biskupství (cs) nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BISHOPRIC
Dutch: episcopaat (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#BISHOPRIC
French: épiscopat (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#BISHOPRIC
Hungarian: püspökség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BISHOPRIC
Latin: episcopātus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BISHOPRIC
Low German:
German Low German: Bisdom nCategory:Terms with German Low German translations#BISHOPRIC Category:Terms with Low German translations#BISHOPRIC
Macedonian: епископство n (episkopstvo)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BISHOPRIC, бискупство n (biskupstvo)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BISHOPRIC
Māori: pīhopatangaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BISHOPRIC
Middle English: bischopricheCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#BISHOPRIC
Polish: biskupstwo (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BISHOPRIC
Portuguese: episcopado (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BISHOPRIC, bispado (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BISHOPRIC
Romanian: episcopat (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BISHOPRIC
Swedish: biskopat nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#BISHOPRIC
Tagalog: obispadoCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BISHOPRIC

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