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bishopric

bishopric

1 9.7
An area under the control of a bishop
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪʃəprɪk/
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  • During his tenure as the bishop of the diocese, he aimed to improve the bishopric's outreach to the community.

Examples

  • The bishopric of Canterbury is one of the oldest in England.

  • The following year, it killed 20,000 in Cuzco and some 60,000 in the whole of the bishopric.

    Academic text (2001)

  • "Care for a sweet?" the Bishop asked as he took Caruso's hand and led him towards the bishopric.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Maybe they'd kick me out of the Stake Presidency or Bishopric.

    Blog text (2)

  • There was even a bishopric established at a place called Gardar, another sort of Tolkanesque name.

  • Cultural life also bloomed in the many abbeys of the bishopric, of which Lobbes was the most famous.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Thirty miles northwest of Tecamachalco, Puebla, was the seat of the bishopric of Tlaxcala, second only in importance to the archbishop of Mexico City.

    Blog text (32)

  • Greenland's first bishop, Arnald, arrived in 1025 to make his bishopric in the stone cathedral at the Gardar farm.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The Cardinal's right-hand man, he's being groomed for a bishopric and the keys to the archdiocese.

    Blog text (25)

  • The last bulls directed to religious communities in the bishopric of Liège dated back to the pontificate of Leo IX (1049–1054).

    Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

diocese
vsbishopric
107 7.6

An area of churches and parishes that a bishop looks after

is the general term for the territorial jurisdiction rather than pastoral role
see
vsbishopric
  • Formal
39 9.9

The city or area where a bishop has their main church and office

refers to the whole territorial jurisdiction rather than a single seat
ordinariate
vsbishopric
  • Jargon
1 9.9

A Catholic church area or group led by a bishop

is specific to territorial jurisdiction rather than broader organizational structures
bishopry
vsbishopric
  • Archaic
9.9

The job and area a senior church leader is in charge of

is the territorial area governed rather than the office or rank
episcopate
vsbishopric
  • Formal
9.9

The area that a bishop is in charge of

is the territorial jurisdiction term used for the same area

How Senior

papacy
13 8.4
bishopric
1 9.7
abbacy
9.9
priorship
9.9

Surface Forms

bishopric singular
bishoprics plural

Morphology

bishopric = bishop (semi-transparent) = bishop + ric

The meaning 'district under a bishop' is directly built from 'bishop' plus a bound suffix meaning jurisdiction, but the suffix '-ric' is archaic/unfamiliar to many learners.

Etymology

Bishopric comes from bishop and the old ending -ric; bishop means 'overseer' and -ric means 'rule' or 'realm'. So a bishopric is the district or area a bishop rules.