bishopric

English

WOTD – 5 October 2008

Alternative forms

• bishoprick

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪʃ.ə.pɹɪk/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bishopric (plural bishoprics)

1. A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
2. The office or function of a bishop.

   Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.

Synonyms

• diocese

Related terms

• archbishopric
• bishop

Translations

diocese

• Catalan: bisbat (ca) m
• Czech: biskupství (cs) n
• Danish: bispedømme (da) c, stift n, bispesæde n
• Dutch: bisdom (nl) n, diocees (nl) n, diocese (nl) f
• Finnish: hiippakunta (fi)
• French: évêché (fr) m
• German: Bistum (de) n
• Greenlandic: biskoppeqarfik
• Ido: episkopio (io)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: vescovato m
• Latin: dioecēsis f
• Macedonian: епархија f (eparhija)
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• Malay: keuskupan, biskoprik
• Maori: pīhopatanga
• Middle English: byschopryke
• Polish: diecezja (pl) f
• Portuguese: episcopado m, bispado m
• Romanian: episcopie (ro) f
• Russian: епа́рхия (ru) f (jepárxija)
• Skolt Sami: aa´rhelkå´dd
• Slovene: škofija (sl) f
• Spanish: obispado (es) m
• Swedish: biskopsdöme (sv) n, biskopdöme n
• Tagalog: obispado, diyosesis (tl)

function of being bishop

• Czech: biskupství (cs) n
• Dutch: episcopaat (nl) n
• French: épiscopat (fr) m
• Interlingue:
• Latin: episcopātus m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Bisdom

• Macedonian: епископство n (episkopstvo), бискупство n (biskupstvo)
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• Maori: pīhopatanga
• Middle English: byschopryke
• Polish: biskupstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: episcopado m, bispado m
• Romanian: episcopat (ro)
• Swedish: biskopat n
• Tagalog: obispado

See also

• see