bishopric

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bish=op=ric

CIDE DICTIONARY

bishopric, n. [AS. bisceoprīce; bisceop bishop + rīce dominion. See -ric.].

•  A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.  [1913 Webster]
•  The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.  Acts i. 20.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bishopric, n.
1 the office of a bishop.
2 a diocese.

Etymology

OE bisceoprice (as BISHOP, rice realm)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

bishopric

Churchdom

N church, churchdom, ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church, clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism, theocracy, ecclesiology, ecclesiologist, priestcraft, odium theologicum, monachism, monachy, monasticism, monkhood, pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, prelacy, bishopric, bishopdom, episcopate, episcopacy, see, diocese, deanery, stall, canonry, canonicate, prebend, prebendaryship, benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure, rectorship, vicariate, vicarship, deaconry, deaconship, curacy, chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, abbacy, presbytery, holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation, popedom, the Vatican, the apostolic see, religious sects, council, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry, sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic, hierarchical, archiepiscopal, episcopal, episcopalian, canonical, monastic, monachal, monkish, abbatial, abbatical, Anglican, pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish, ultramontane, priest-ridden.