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Webster 1913 Edition
Bishopric
1.
A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
2.
The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.
Acts i. 20.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bishopric
BISH'OPRIC
,Noun.
1.
A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of bishop extends. in England, are twenty-four bishoprics, besides that of Sodor and Man; in Ireland, eighteen.2.
The charge of instructing and governing in spiritual concerns; office. Acts.1.20.Definition 2024
bishopric
bishopric
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Noun
bishopric (plural bishoprics)
- A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
- The office or function of a bishop.
- Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.
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diocese
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function of being bishop
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