Bishopric

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  • noun. The office or rank of a bishop.
  • noun. The diocese of a bishop.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The office or dignity of a bishop.
  • noun. The district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends; a diocese.
  • noun. The charge of instructing and governing in spiritual concerns; overseership.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
  • noun. The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
  • noun. The office or function of being a bishop
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
    • Word Usage
    "The twenty-five years 'bishopric is chronologically impossible, as it would make Peter, at the interview with Paul at Antioch, to have been then for some years bishop of Rome!"
    cross-reference
    diocese  see  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    jurisdiction  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    archdiocese  eparchy  exarchate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    canonry  governorship  magistral  prebend  professorship  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Kreis  abbacy  aedileship  archbishopric  archdeaconry  
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