Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bishopric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bishopric \Bish"op*ric\, n. [AS. bisceopr[=i]ce; bisceop bishop
+ r[=i]ce dominion. See {-ric}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bishopric
n : the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop [syn: {diocese}]
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