bishopric
IPA: bˈɪʃʌprɪk
noun
- A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
- The office or function of a bishop.
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Examples of "bishopric" in Sentences
- Badajoz is the see of a bishopric.
- In 1810 the town was made a bishopric.
- Election to the bishopric of Lindisfarne.
- The bishopric of Hexham is in the center.
- Ecclesiastical history and prince bishopric.
- A bishopric was first established there in 948.
- The church is the seat of the local Orthodox bishopric.
- The situation around the bishopric was very precarious.
- He was for a long time the Archdeacon of the Bishopric of Moray.
- The major ecclesiastical territory in the region was the Bishopric of Speyer.
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