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bishopric

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WOTD – 5 October 2008
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.

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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bishopric (plural bishoprics)

  2. 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
  4. The office or function of a bishop.
    Synonyms: bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood
    Hypernyms: see, seat
    Coordinate terms: archbishopric, archbishopry, archbishopdom, archbishopship, archbishophood, archiepiscopacy; papacy, popedom, popeship, popehood
    Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy

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