bishopric
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of bishopric
before 900; Middle English bisshoprike, Old English biscoprīce, equivalent to biscop bishop + rīce realm; see rich
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He had for 31 years been rector of the Church of the Ascension, near Greenwich Village, Manhattan, in the Bishopric of William T. Manning, Cathedral-builder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally, with an agility that left many a churchman popeyed, Fisher in 1932 stepped directly from 21 years of schoolmastering into the Bishopric of Chester.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sixteen years ago a handsome young Episcopal rector of Christ Church, Macon, Ga., heard that his name was up for nomination to the Bishopric of Florida.
From Time Magazine Archive
They sentenced Bishop Dick Helander to deposition from the Bishopric of Strangnas and waived the fine that might have been imposed, but ordered Helander to pay court costs of 14,500 kronor.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it was in the Bishopric neither of Ely nor of Norwich, but of far away Rochester, to which it had been annexed, as tradition went, by Alfred the Great.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
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