bishopric

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English

WOTD – 5 October 2008

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Etymology

From Middle English bischopriche, from Old English bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop +‎ -ric (compare German Reich).

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Noun

bishopric (plural bishoprics)

  1. A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
    Synonym: diocese
    Hypernym: see
    Coordinate terms: archbishopric, archdiocese
    Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
    • 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 E 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.
    • 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.
  2. The office or function of a bishop.
    Hypernym: see
    Coordinate term: archbishopric

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