"bishopric" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪʃəpɹɪk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bishopric.ogg Forms: bishoprics [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bischopriche, from Old English bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop + -ric (compare German Reich). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bischopriche}} Middle English bischopriche, {{inh|en|ang|bisċoprīċe}} Old English bisċoprīċe, {{suffix|en|bishop|ric}} bishop + -ric, {{cog|de|Reich}} German Reich Head templates: {{en-noun}} bishopric (plural bishoprics)
  1. A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs. Categories (topical): Catholicism, Christianity, Offices Synonyms: diocese Translations (diocese): bisbat [masculine] (Catalan), ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲏ (episkopē) (Coptic), biskupství [neuter] (Czech), bispedømme [common-gender] (Danish), stift [neuter] (Danish), bispesæde [neuter] (Danish), bisdom [neuter] (Dutch), diocees [neuter] (Dutch), diocese [feminine] (Dutch), hiippakunta (Finnish), évêché [masculine] (French), Bistum [neuter] (German), Diözese [feminine] (German), biskoppeqarfik (Greenlandic), püspökség (Hungarian), biskupsdæmi [neuter] (Icelandic), episkopio (Ido), keuskupan (Indonesian), vescovato [masculine] (Italian), dioecēsis [feminine] (Latin), bīskapija [feminine] (Latvian), biskupstwo [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), епархија (eparhija) [feminine] (Macedonian), бискупија (biskupija) [feminine] (Macedonian), keuskupan (Malay), biskoprik (Malay), pīhopatanga (Maori), byschopryke (Middle English), diecezja [feminine] (Polish), biskupstwo [neuter] (Polish), episcopado [masculine] (Portuguese), bispado [masculine] (Portuguese), episcopie [feminine] (Romanian), епа́рхия (jepárxija) [feminine] (Russian), биску̀пија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), biskùpija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aa´rhelkå´dd (Skolt Sami), škofija [feminine] (Slovene), obispado [masculine] (Spanish), biskopsdöme [neuter] (Swedish), biskopdöme [neuter] (Swedish), obispado (Tagalog), diyosesis (Tagalog), piskoposluk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bishopric-en-noun-cUkWmc7u Disambiguation of Catholicism: 99 1 Disambiguation of Christianity: 99 1 Disambiguation of Offices: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ric, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Coptic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German Low German translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Skolt Sami translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ric: 93 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Coptic translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German Low German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greenlandic translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Skolt Sami translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'diocese': 98 2
  2. The office or function of a bishop. Translations (function of being bishop): biskupství [neuter] (Czech), episcopaat [neuter] (Dutch), épiscopat [masculine] (French), püspökség (Hungarian), episcopātus [masculine] (Latin), Bisdom [German-Low-German, neuter] (Low German), епископство (episkopstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), бискупство (biskupstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), pīhopatanga (Maori), bischopriche (Middle English), biskupstwo [neuter] (Polish), episcopado [masculine] (Portuguese), bispado [masculine] (Portuguese), episcopat (Romanian), biskopat [neuter] (Swedish), obispado (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-bishopric-en-noun-DGdfMfe5 Disambiguation of 'function of being bishop': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bishoprick, bishoprike Related terms: see

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Alternative forms

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          "text": "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.",
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German Low German translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greenlandic translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Skolt Sami translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "diocese",
      "word": "hiippakunta"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "diocese",
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      "word": "évêché"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "diocese",
      "word": "keuskupan"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vescovato"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dioecēsis"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bīskapija"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "eparhija",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "епархија"
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      "sense": "diocese",
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      "sense": "diocese",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "diocese",
      "word": "pīhopatanga"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "diocese",
      "word": "byschopryke"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "diecezja"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "diocese",
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      "word": "biskupstwo"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "episcopado"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bispado"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "episcopie"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jepárxija",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епа́рхия"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "биску̀пија"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "diocese",
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      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "word": "aa´rhelkå´dd"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "diocese",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "obispado"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "biskopsdöme"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "biskopdöme"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "word": "obispado"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "word": "diyosesis"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "diocese",
      "word": "piskoposluk"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "biskupství"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "episcopaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "épiscopat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "word": "püspökség"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "episcopātus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bisdom"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "episkopstvo",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "епископство"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "biskupstvo",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "бискупство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "word": "pīhopatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "word": "bischopriche"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "biskupstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "episcopado"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bispado"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "word": "episcopat"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "biskopat"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "function of being bishop",
      "word": "obispado"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.