Bishopric

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bishopric \Bish"op*ric\, n. [AS. bisceopr[imac]ce; bisceop
     bishop + r[imac]ce dominion. See {-ric}.]
     1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a
        bishop extends.
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     2. The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle,
        bishop, or presbyter. --Acts i. 20.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bishopric
       n : the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop [syn: {diocese}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  152 Moby Thesaurus words for "bishopric":
     Kreis, abbacy, aedileship, archbishopric, archdeaconry,
     archdiocese, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy,
     arrondissement, bailiwick, bishopdom, borough, canonicate, canonry,
     canton, cardinalship, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorate,
     chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chiefery, chiefry,
     chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, city, commune, conference,
     congressional district, constablewick, consulate, consulship,
     county, curacy, deaconry, deaconship, deanery, deanship,
     departement, dictatorship, dictature, diocese, directorship,
     district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, emirate,
     episcopacy, episcopate, government, governorship, hamlet, headship,
     hegemony, hierarchy, hundred, leadership, lordship, magistracy,
     magistrateship, magistrature, masterdom, mastership, mastery,
     mayoralty, mayorship, metropolis, metropolitan area,
     metropolitanate, metropolitanship, nobility, oblast, okrug, papacy,
     parish, pashadom, pashalic, pastorate, pastorship, patriarchate,
     patriarchy, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood,
     popeship, prebend, prebendaryship, precinct, prefectship,
     prefecture, prelacy, prelateship, prelature, premiership,
     presbyterate, presbytery, presidency, presidentship, primacy,
     prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship,
     principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, protectorate,
     protectorship, province, provostry, provostship, rectorate,
     rectorship, regency, regentship, region, riding, ruling class, see,
     seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty,
     sheriffcy, sheriffdom, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, soke, stake,
     state, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, synod, territory,
     town, township, tribunate, vicariate, vicarship, village,
     vizierate, viziership, wapentake, ward