bishopric
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bishopric
before 900; Middle English bisshoprike, Old English biscoprīce, equivalent to biscop bishop + rīce realm; see rich
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In 1907, Edward VII offered him the Bishopric of Montreal.
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
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
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
The temporal affairs of the Church are largely cared for by the Presiding Bishopric, consisting of the presiding bishop and two counselors.
From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Widtsoe, John A.
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