bishopric

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1. A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.

   Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.

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   Iohn Fiſher Biſhop of Rocheſter, when the King [Henry VII of England] would have tranſlated him from that poore Biſhopricke to a better, he refuſed, saying: He would not forſake his poore little olde wife, with whom he had ſo long lived.

   1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], “Grave Speeches, and Wittie Apothegms of Woorthie Personages of This Realme in Former Times”, in Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC, page 220

   Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.

   2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59

   Synonyms: diocese

2. The office or function of a bishop.

   Near-synonyms: episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy

   Synonyms: bishopry, bishopdom, bishopship, bishophood, episcopacy, episcopate, monepiscopacy